Subject: Things (Page 21)

Every parent knows that for a kid, the car is chloroform.

(1957 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor & screenwriter

If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Remember to never answer a phone during sex, even if you hilariously answer with, ‘I can’t talk now, I’m going into a tunnel.'

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

You ever get a new cell phone and you're too lazy to transfer all the numbers over, so you just stop being friends with a bunch of people?

stand-up comedian, writer & actor

Expressways aren’t.

Parking Meter: An automatic device that bets a dollar to your nickel that you can’t get back before the time runs out.

You can't have everything; where would you put it?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I got a new diaphragm… well, it's new to me.

Canadian-American comedian & writer

How to locate the slow-moving traffic lane or check-out land: Get in it.

I had my coathangers spayed.


Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I got binoculars ’cause I don’t want to go that close.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I like going to the park and watching the children run and jump around, because you see, they don't know I'm using blanks.

(1956 – ) American comedian

I installed a skylight in my apartment…. the people who live above me are furious!

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.

(1941 – ) actor, writer, poet & feminist

You break into my house… my wife will shoot you, and then spend thirty minutes telling you why she shot you.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

When you need towns, they are very far apart.

An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.

A farm is an irregular patch of nettles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his wife who didn’t know enough to stay in the city.

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter

Every car has a lot of speed in it. The trick is getting the speed out of it.

American auto racer

You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape; if it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40, if it moves and shouldn’t, use the tape.