My parents hated me. All I ever heard was, “Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia? Why can’t you be like your cousin Shelia?” Shelia had died at birth.
JOAN RIVERSDon’t cook. Don’t clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum.
More Joan Rivers Quotes
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Before we make love, my husband takes a pain killer.
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We don’t apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don’t get it, then don’t watch us.
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Don’t tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won’t respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, ‘Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.’.
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Here’s a Thanksgiving tip. Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce.
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When you can laugh at yourself no one can ever make a fool of you.
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My mother could make anybody feel guilty – she used to get letters of apology from people she didn’t even know.
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Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you’re funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.
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Florida wants to change the state’s motto to attract younger people. They’re thinking about: More than just a great place to die.
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If two people want to get married, get married! The Victorians had a great saying: As long as it doesn’t scare the horses, do what you want. And I absolutely believe that.
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Your anger can be 49 percent and your comedy 51 percent, and you’re okay. If the anger is 51 percent, the comedy is gone.
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With age comes wisdom. You don’t need big boobs to be feminine. Look at Liberace.
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I said Justin Bieber looked like a little lesbian — and I stand by it: He’s the daughter Cher wishes she’d had.
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A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she’s a tramp.
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She doesn’t understand the concept of Roman numerals. She thought we just fought in world war eleven.
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On her daughter Melissa: The only time she really cried is when I sat her down and told her that she was not adopted.
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