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.'"

“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

All Quotes by Rodney Dangerfield

“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

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Good

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Morning

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Time

“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

“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

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

— 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

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Respect

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Pet

“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

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Pet

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Marriage

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Family

“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

“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

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Medical

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

— Rodney Dangerfield

Car