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Quotedb: The Quotations Database

places

897

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 14:40 — thequotedb

"Frenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition."

— Ring Lardner Jr.

American Humorist

895

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 14:35 — thequotedb

"Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy!"

— Samuel Johnson

Ordering a glass of whiskey

893

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 14:32 — thequotedb

"Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers."

— Alan Coren

British humorist and writer, referring to Holland

701

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 00:57 — thequotedb

"According to the Rand McNally Places-Rated Almanac, the best place to live in America is the city of Pittsburgh. The city of New York came in twenty-fifth. Here in New York we really don't care too much. Because we know that we could beat up their city anytime."

— David Letterman

877

Wed, 12/17/2008 - 18:17 — thequotedb

"The best case:
Get salary from America, build a house in England, live with a Japanese wife, and eat Chinese food.
Pretty good case: Get salary from England, build a house in America, live with a Chinese wife, and eat Japanese food.
The worst case: Get salary from China, build a house in Japan, live with a British wife, and eat American food."

— Bungei Shunju

a popular Japanese magazine

612

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 00:57 — thequotedb

"Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles."

— Frank Lloyd Wright

147

Sun, 12/14/2008 - 23:44 — thequotedb

"A hotel is a place that keeps the manufacturers of 25-watt bulbs in business."

— Shelly Berman

376

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 00:57 — thequotedb

"Indiana is a state dedicated to basketball. Basketball, soybeans, hogs and basketball. Berkeley, needless to say, is not nearly as athletic. Berkeley is dedicated to coffee, angst, potholes and coffee."

— Carolyn Jones

732

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 00:57 — thequotedb

"The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks."

— Emo Philips

475

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 00:57 — thequotedb

"Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen."

— P. J. O'Rourke
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