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.'"

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Sports

All Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Sports

“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

Best

“Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Men

“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

“I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Respect

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Home

“I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Funny

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Time

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Morning

“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 have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Good

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Medical

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Family

“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

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Marriage

“My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Car

“I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Funny

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Pet

“My mother had morning sickness after I was born.”

— Rodney Dangerfield

Morning

“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