Subject: Situations (Page 29)

It's like, I hate getting up in the morning, unless it's over and over and over and over again… then I'm good.

American comedian & musician

When someone close to you dies… move seats.

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

We seem to have unleased a hornet's nest.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

I played a blank tape on full volume; the mime who lives next door complained.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I daydreamed that I was falling and, just before I hit the ground, I fell asleep.

comedian

My wife, she’s another one. Last night our house caught fire and I heard her tell the kids, “Shhh, be quiet; you’ll wake your father.”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was ‘Always.’

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

When you're in deep water it's a good idea to keep your mouth shut!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

What if there were no hypothetical situations?

My love life is like a fairy tale – it's grim.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

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

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

I remember what I was doing the first time I told someone I loved them… I was lying to get sex.

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

We better not, ya know, kill our chickens before they cross the road.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

The amount of sleep needed by the average person is five minutes more.

typographer

I want to rob a bank with a BB gun. “Give me all your money or I will give you a dimple! I will be rich, you will be cute. We both win.”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right… but I soon figured out that three left turns do.

(1943 – ) U.S. agriculture commissioner, columnist, activist & author

When the blind leadeth the blind… get out of the way.

You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.

Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

scriptwriter & author