The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, ‘Where the hell is my roof?
STEVEN WRIGHTYou know what scares me? When you have to be nice to some paranoid schizophrenic, just because she lives in your head.
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Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
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You know what scares me? When you have to be nice to some paranoid schizophrenic, just because she lives in your head.
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I wish the first word I ever said was the word “quote”, so right before I die I could say “unquote”.
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I’m addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn’t matter.
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On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
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Some friends of mine got me a sweater for my birthday. I’d have preferred a moaner or a screamer, but the sweater was OK.
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Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard? Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
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Clones are people two.
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No one is listening until you make a mistake.
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Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
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If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
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When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobody’s perfect so I stopped practicing.
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Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don’t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the postmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
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If heat rises, then heaven must be hotter than hell.
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