SaturdayJun 06, 2026
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Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 - August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns.
Winning is the science of being totally prepared.
Every time you win, you're reborn when you lose, you die a little.
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
How badly do you want it?
If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.
The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony.
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.
Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.
The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.
My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only 64. He lived to be 100]
They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.
Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.
Every man is born with the ability to do something well. This is what the Lord intended him to do. Using that ability what life is all about.
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