Subject: Situations (Page 46)

I believe the only time the world beats a path to my door is when I’m in the bathroom.

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.

(1947 – ) radio broadcaster & host

You might be a redneck if… anyone in your family died right after saying, "Hey, y’all watch this!”

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

It hit me how resentful it must make rats, knowing that they're just a bushy tail away from being hand fed in the park.

(1959 – ) American stand-up comedian

I don't think I'm good in bed; my husband never said anything, but after we made love he'd take a piece of chalk and outline my body.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

(1858 – 1932) American physicist, physician & humorist

There was a big Hollywood producer in the crowd the other night; one thing led to another, and before you know it – he was gone.

comedian

You can be on the right track and still get hit by a train!

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

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

(1886 – 1975) American fiction writer

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.


We must believe in luck; for how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker

Power outage at a department store yesterday, twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

comedian

If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.

(1918 - 2002) American author

It’s important to know when it’s time to turn in your kazoo.

(1971 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

(1882 – 1961) politician

Things started to snowplow.

professional baseball player

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down… or if the pen's too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

The ladies looked one another over with microscopic carelessness.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist

I tried to draw my shadow once, but I couldn't… my arm kept moving.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I remember when I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills… my doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

I certainly do not drink all the time, I have to sleep you know.

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