Subject: Situations (Page 11)

If I saw you hitchhiking, I’d smile and return your thumb’s up, just for you doing such a great job of being a positive roadside influence.

(1982 – ) American author

It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

To protect your position, fire the fastest rising employees first.

Poor Jesus; first he's crucified, then he has to spend his Saturdays with Jerry Falwell.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

(1880 – ?) American author

There are two tragedies in life; one is not to get your heart’s desire, the other is to get it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I walked in on my wife and the milkman, the first thing she says is "don't tell the butcher!"

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I needed a password eight characters long, so I picked Snow White and the seven dwarves.

British comedian

Here's how you know that you're really drunk: when you get into a taxi cab and you think the fare is the time.

(1972 – ) stand-up comedian & actor

When doctors and undertakers meet, they wink at each other.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.


There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I once locked my keys out of my car… I had to break out of my car with a coat hanger.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

People seldom know what they want until you give them what they ask for.

How can you tell when sour cream goes bad?

Two blind fellows walk into a wall…

(1968 – ) English comedian & actor

If I ever saw bat shit, I’d be like, ‘that’s crazy.’

(1973 – ) American comedian

The American police have said they will never forget 9/11. Pretty hard to, I would think, considering it’s your phone number.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

People who live in glass houses should masturbate in the basement.

(1972 – ) Irish comedian & television presenter