I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
Rodney DangerfieldRead
I was an ugly kid; when I was born, after the doctor cut the cord, he hung himself.
Interpretation
This quote is a humorous exaggeration expressing self-deprecation about one's appearance.
Rodney Dangerfield uses a witty and absurd statement to illustrate his feelings of insecurity about his looks during childhood. The hyperbolic nature of the quote, where he suggests that even the doctor was so shocked by his appearance that he would take extreme action, serves to evoke laughter while highlighting the comedian's lifelong struggle with self-image and the quest for respect.
In practice
Using this quote in a stand-up comedy routine to illustrate the humor in childhood insecurities.
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
I came from a real tough neighborhood. Why, every time I shut the window I hurt somebody's fingers.
I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.
Last week I told my psychiatrist, 'I keep thinking about suicide', and he told me from now I have to pay in advance.
Nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the onset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have a malady in the less attractive forms.
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, "Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else.
Things I wonder about the FBI's list of the "Ten Most Wanted" criminals: When they catch a guy and he comes off the list, does number eleven automatically move up? And does he see it as a promotion? Does he call his criminal friends and say, "I made it, Bruno. I'm finally on the list"?
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.
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