Quotes by Paula Poundstone

• I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.
• The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
• The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.
• I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.
• Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.
• My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'