Subject: Situations (Page 40)

Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

No gold-digging for me… I take diamonds!

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol

Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

If all else fails, try the obvious.

I was never so scared in my life… and I was in the war!

(1908 – 2005) English actor

Sometimes people have had terrible childhoods… and sometimes they just haven’t found their special place in life… and sometimes they’re dogs from hell and must be destroyed.

(1912 – 1988) American cartoonist (The Addams Family)

If you find yourself lost in the woods, f**k it, build a house; “Well, I was lost but now I live here!”

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

If you can't fix it with duct tape you haven’t used enough.

I was sitting in traffic the other day… and I got run over.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

I'll tell you one thing, I know how to satisfy my wife in bed… I leave.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I used to be indecisive; but now I'm not sure.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

If you have a choice of selling shoes to ladies or giving birth to a flaming porcupine… look into that second, less painful career.

(1957 – 2007) American stand-up comedian & actor

Christine Todd Whitman had to resign as the head of the EPA; you know, when the governor of New Jersey decides the environment is hopeless, you gotta really think that one through.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

I used to carry condoms, but I know I’ve got a better chance of getting a stomach ache than getting laid.

American comedian

Hay smells different to lovers and horses.

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky?

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist

When a man tells me he’s going to put all his cards on the table, I always look up his sleeve.

(1893 – 1957) British politician

Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

(1906 – 1982) baseball player

I'm addicted to placebos; I'd give them up, but it wouldn't make any difference.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer