“If God wanted us to bend over, He’d have put diamonds on the floor”

Brooklyn-born comedian Joan Rivers (1933-2014)—no fan of exercise—said in 1988:
 
“I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend over, He’d put diamonds on the floor.”
 
The one-line saying became one of her most popular jokes.
 
 
Wikipedia: Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), better known as Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host noted for her often controversial comedic persona—where she was alternately self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians.
 
10 July 1988, Chicago (IL) Tribune, magazine, pg. 4, col. 1:
“I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend over, He’d put diamonds on the floor.”
Joan Rivers
 
22 September 1988, Aberdeen (SD) American News, Out & About sec., pg. 8D, col. 3:
JOAN RIVERS: “I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend over, He’d put diamonds on the floor.”
   
5 November 1988, Screen International, “In Confidence” by Peter Noble, pg. 6, col. 4:
QUOTES TO CHERISH: “Unlike Jane Fonda, I don’t work out or do any exercise…If God wanted us to bend over he’d have put diamonds on the floor”: JOAN RIVERS
   
Google Books
Eat These Words:
A Delicious Collection of Fat-Free Food for Thought
By Michael Cader and Debby Roth
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers
1991      
Pg. 51:
I’m Jewish. I don’t work out. If God wanted us to bend over he’d put diamonds on the floor.
JOAN RIVERS
 
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2004
If God had wanted us to bend over, he’d have put diamonds on the floor.
JOAN RIVERS
 
The Telegraph (UK)
Joan Rivers: her best one-liners
After the death of Joan Rivers, we look at her funniest one-liners
By Helena Kealey
8:45PM BST 04 Sep 2014
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“I don’t exercise. If God wanted us to bend over, he’d put diamonds on the floor”
 
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4:23 PM - 9 Mar 2016