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Miles Davis: When kids don't...

Miles Davis: When kids don't...

When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school . . . But you won't see it...

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Miles Davis: The thing to...

Miles Davis: The thing to...

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

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Count Basie: Of course, there...

Count Basie: Of course, there...

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the...

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Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we...

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Dizzy Gillespie: I think the...

Dizzy Gillespie: I think the...

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have...

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Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox...

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Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Raquel Welch: Change excites me....

Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.

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Barbra Streisand: I arrived in...

Barbra Streisand: I arrived in...

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to...

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Shirley Jones: People want that...

Shirley Jones: People want that...

People want that kind of make-believe. They want entertainment. People love the music in it, they still love to hear...

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Julie Andrews: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!<br>Even though the...

Julie Andrews: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the...

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious!
If you say it loud...

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Agnes George DeMille: The universe lies...

Agnes George DeMille: The universe lies...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From...

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Milton Berle: We owe a...

Milton Berle: We owe a...

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison -- if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by...

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Henny Youngman: When I read...

Henny Youngman: When I read...

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

Source: In The Fifth...

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Henny Youngman: Some people ask...

Henny Youngman: Some people ask...

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage, We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little...

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Benny Hill: Roses are reddish<br>Violets...

Benny Hill: Roses are reddish
Violets...

Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be...

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Jeff Foxworthy: My whole career...

Jeff Foxworthy: My whole career...

My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about...

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Jimmy Durante: Be awfully nice...

Jimmy Durante: Be awfully nice...

Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.

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Jimmy Durante: Politics is developing...

Jimmy Durante: Politics is developing...

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

Source: In Webster's...

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Jackie Mason: I have enough...

Jackie Mason: I have enough...

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.

Source:...

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Groucho Marx: From the moment...

Groucho Marx: From the moment...

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading...

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