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The Wisdom of
Gracie Allen
(1902-1964)

Gracie Allen was funnier than anyone that bright had a right to be.

     I had my electric cords shortened to save on electricity.

     When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

     The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.

     This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

     The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony.

     It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's going to win a race - but it's no sillier than asking anyone else.

     I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.

     Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

     There's so much good in the worst of us, and so many of the worst of us get the best of us, that the rest of us aren't even worth talking about.

     A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things - maybe he's just trying to be like his daddy.

     Every time you win you're reborn. When you lose, you die a little.

     (Accepting George Burns' proposal) You're the only boy who ever made me cry, and I decided that if you could make me cry, I must really love you.

The George and Gracie Collection - Laugh again or for the first time at one of American radio's favorite comedy teams.

 

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