Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield

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American stand-up comedian Rodney Dangerfield has a gift for language that makes complex ideas feel instantly clear. Their reputation for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!", and his monologues on that theme lends every quote an extra layer of authority. Browse 34 quotes by Rodney Dangerfield that cover ground from Time, Pet, Marriage, Funny, and Respect. A favorite of many readers: "Yeah, I know I'm ugly... I said to a bartender, 'Make me a zombie.' He said 'God beat me to it.'"

“With my wife I don't get no respect. I made a toast on her birthday to 'the best woman a man ever had.' The waiter joined me.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

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All Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

“My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Jealousy

“I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Time

“I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Age

“A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Home

“My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Home

“I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Family

“Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide he exposes himself.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Time

“I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Sports

“I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Time

“At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Hope

“We sleep in separate rooms, we have dinner apart, we take separate vacations - we're doing everything we can to keep our marriage together.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Marriage

“I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Truth

“I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Family

“When I was born I was so ugly the doctor slapped my mother.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Medical

“This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Morning

“I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Pet

“What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Pet

“Yeah, I know I'm ugly... I said to a bartender, 'Make me a zombie.' He said 'God beat me to it.'”

— Rodney Dangerfield

God

“My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Marriage

“It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Marriage