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Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day. (Emo Philips)
My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe. View quote
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I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper. View quote
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I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!' View quote
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England is better only because I stand out there as 'unusual'. View quote
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In our school you were searched for guns and knifes on the way in and if you didn't have any, they gave you some. View quote
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I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky, but there wasn't any gum under any of them. View quote
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When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, "Emo, don't go near the cellar door!" View quote
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When I was a kid my parents used to tell me, "Emo, don't go near the cellar door!" One day when they were away, I went up to the cellar door. And I pushed it and walked through and saw strange, wonderful things, things I had never seen before, like... trees. Grass. Flowers. The sun... that was nice... the sun. View quote
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I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them. View quote
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My mother was like a sister to me, only we didn't have sex quite so often. (Emo Philips)
I think of my body as a temple. Or at least a relatively well-managed Presbyterian youth center. View quote
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The American government is making nuclear weapons like there's no tomorrow. View quote
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When I was a kid, my goodness, corporate America was a bunch of stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be serious, and now it's stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be funny. View quote
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It's amazing where a joke might come from. I find a lot of humour just by metaphorically turning things upside down or literally like my wife's cat. View quote
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I was sick of people making fun of my hair and so I cut it off and I've got much more attention than ever before. It was like when Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1906 - three times more people came to see where it used to be. View quote
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I have a lot more things to talk about now because I'm an adult. View quote
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I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks. View quote
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I was in a bar a few nights ago, moving from stool to stool, trying to get lucky... But there was no gum under any of them. And I hear giggling behind me. At first I don't mind, but the giggling continues... Finally, I thought "What's so amusing?" I turn around, and these two guys, for the last, oh, half hour or so, have been throwing darts into my head. It's a good thing I heard them! I said, "Look, you bums," 'cause I was angry now, "As soon as this game is over, hit the road!" But as I left that bar, one thing stuck in my mind... View quote
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Emo Philips

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Occupation: American Comedian
Born: February 7, 1956
Quotes count: 69
Wikipedia: Emo Philips

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