Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Clark

Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

Dick Cavett

Its fun for me to go on other folks talk shows. When youve endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls of hosting, being a guest is a piece of angel food.

Dick Cavett

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others.

Dick Cavett

It's no fun being a specimen.

Dick Cavett

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Diana Quick

Its always been fun for me to play a variety of parts, and over the years, Ive been lucky with the things Ive been asked to do.

Diana Krall

I spent a lot of time playing in miserable places that were not a lot of fun. Somebody once said it is character building and I was like: My character is just fine.

Dennis Miller

The French are always reticent to surrender to the wishes of their friends and always more than willing to surrender to the wishes of their enemies.

Dennis Miller

There's nothing wrong with being shallow as long as you're insightful about it.

Dennis Miller

A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away.

Dennis Miller

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

Dennis Miller

The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.

Dennis Miller

What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy.

Dennis Miller

I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.

Dennis Miller

Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet.

Dennis Miller

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels.

Dennis Miller

You've got bad eating habits if you use a grocery cart in 7-Eleven.

Dennis Miller

Lotto fever hit New York again this week, and like the old saying goes, 'You gotta be in it to win it'... but first, you gotta have a dead end job so pathetic you're willing to kill five hours standing in line for a 1 in 25 million chance.

Dennis Miller

Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie.

Dennis Miller

Should I really care what kind of beer frogs recommend?

Dennis Miller

Then people ask me if I'm worried about the effects of global warming on my kids. Well, obviously I love my kids and I want them to live to be a 100. So that's another 1.8 degrees. My kids' kids? Three point six. I'll just tell them we moved to Phoenix.

Dennis Miller

And finally, and most importantly, the next time we go to war, don't give a specific reason for the war that the left can seize upon and later flog us with it ad nauseam, just do it. Remember, the first rule of Fight Club is that you don't talk about Fight Club.

Dennis Miller

Bad television is three things: a bullet train to a morally bankrupt youth, a slow spiral into an intellectual void, and of course, a complete blast to watch.

Dennis Miller

Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time.

Dennis Miller

Never ever discount the idea of marriage. Sure, someone might tell you that marriage is just a piece of paper. Well, so is money, and what's more life-affirming than cold, hard cash?

Dennis Miller

I rant, therefore I am

Dennis Miller

A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.

Dennis Miller

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Dennis Miller

Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch.

Dennis Miller

The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board.

Dennis Miller

The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt.

Dennis Miller

Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand.

Dennis Miller

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.