Subject: Situations (Page 51)

A hard man is good to find.

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

For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist

Why do I always meet women as I’m leaving the dog park with a big bag of poop? … and it’s always on the day I forgot my dog…

(1964 – ) American comedian

Nothing is impossible; some things are just less likely than others.

(1925 – 2013) comedian & actor

If only God would give me some clear sign! … like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

We just had a near – life experience!

(1962 – ) writer & journalist

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today; they left a little note on the windscreen, it said ‘Parking Fine.’

(1921 – 1984) British comedian & magician

If you put pasta shells to your ear, can you hear the soup?

(1975 – ) English physicist

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

Jewish-American stand-up comedian & writer

I washed a sock… then I put it in the dryer and when I took it out, it was gone.


Things are never as bad as they turn out to be.

1. In dealing with their “own” problems, faculty members are the most extreme conservatives 2. In dealing with “other” people's problems, they are the world's most extreme liberals.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

(1941 – ) novelist

I took a baby shower.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

A man can do more than he thinks he can, but he usually does less than he thinks he does.

(1863 – 1945) British politician & statesman

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

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

I slept with this girl, in the morning I asked her if she wanted breakfast in bed… she said one pig in the blanket was enough.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

Business is an establishment that gives you the legal, even though unethical, right to screw the naive – right, left, and in the middle.

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

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

(1952 – ) American columnist & author

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

I’m very conflicted by eye tests… I want to get the answers right but I really want to win the glasses.

British comedian, writer, actor & podcaster