Subject: Situations (Page 13)

Better late than… pregnant.

I hate when people stop you on the street and try to get you to join their cause; I’ve got things to do! Find your own missing kid.

American comedian

My friend has difficulty sleeping, but I can do it with my eyes closed.

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter

My father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," – 'til the accident.

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

My wife has cut me down to once a month; I'm lucky…
I know two guys she cut off completely.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you're signing somebody's cast.

(1973 – ) American comedian

The saying “Getting there is half the fun” became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.


One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

I dreamt I was forced to eat 25lb of marshmallows; when I woke up, my pillow was missing.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

I’d sooner be in hell with my back broke.

Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.

I could be stranded in any town in the United States with ten cents and within an hour make $20 with the shell game.

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

This summer I learned that there’s a difference between peeing in the pool and peeing into the pool.

(1973 – ) American comedian

It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.

(1964 – ) English comedian, author & television presenter

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician