Humor Quotations

  • "Education is worth a whole lot. Just think - with enough education and brains the average man would make a good lawyer - and so would the average lawyer."
    -- Grace Allen (Gracie)

  • "It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's going to win a race - but it's no sillier than asking anyone else."
    -- Grace Allen (Gracie)

  • "Build a better mousetrap than your neighbour and Kraft Cheese will beat a path to your door."
    -- Grace Allen (Gracie)

  • "First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down."
    -- George Burns

  • "Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth."
    -- George Burns

  • "For forty years my act consisted of one joke. And then she died."
    -- George Burns

  • "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring close-knit family in another city."
    -- George Burns

  • "Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere."
    -- George Burns

  • "Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place."
    -- Johnny Carson

  • "Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president."
    -- Johnny Carson

  • "Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill."
    -- Johnny Carson

  • "I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food."
    -- Johnny Carson

  • "The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money."
    -- Johnny Carson

  • "Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry."
    Bill Cosby

  • ""Don't worry about senility," my grandfather used to say. "When it hits you, you won't know it.""
    Bill Cosby

  • "Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones who eat broccoli."
    Bill Cosby

  • "Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit."
    Bill Cosby

  • "I wasn't always black... There was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger."
    Bill Cosby

  • "Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first."
    Bill Cosby

  • "I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life."
    -- Rita Rudner

  • "I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I'll break up with someone on purpose."
    -- Rita Rudner

  • "I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry."
    -- Rita Rudner

  • "I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them."
    -- Rita Rudner

  • "I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."
    -- Rita Rudner

  • "Men hate to lose. I once beat my husband at tennis. I asked him, "Are we going to have sex again?" He said, "Yes, but not with each other.""
    -- Rita Rudner

  • "I always did well on the essay questions. Just put everything you know on there, maybe you'll hit it."
    -- Jerry Seinfeld

  • "No face, mouth open ... that is how the drug companies see the public."
    -- Jerry Seinfeld

  • "On the side of box of my superman costume it actually said - 'Do not attempt to fly!'"
    -- Jerry Seinfeld

  • "People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to."
    -- Jerry Seinfeld

  • "The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk like you because it's so much fun."
    -- Jerry Seinfeld

  • "Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time."
    -- Steven Wright

  • "I bought some batteries, but they weren't included. So I had to buy them again."
    -- Steven Wright

  • "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died."
    -- Steven Wright

  • "If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?"
    -- Steven Wright

  • "Someone sent me a postcard picture of the earth. On the back it said, "Wish you were here.""
    -- Steven Wright

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