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A joke is a very serious thing.

Winston Churchill

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

Russell Baker

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

Education Entertainment Money American Life

I always thought I'd go to the Oscars, but only as a stalker.

Rita Rudner

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Entertainment Film People Self Oscars Stalker

Mr Lewis’ pictures appeared to have been painted by a mailed fist in a cotton glove.

Edith Sitwell

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

Art Reviews/Criticism On painter Wyndham Lewis

Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.

H.P. Lovecraft

(1890 – 1937) author

Activities Alcohol Dance Insane Sober

Playing Shakespeare is very tiring; you never get to sit down unless you're a king.

Josephine Hull

(1884 – 1957) American actress

Acting Entertainment Shakespeare Sitting down

A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.

Bob Hope

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Entertainment Film Exaggerations James Cagney

TV: a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville; we call it a medium, because nothing's well done.

Goodman Ace

(Aiskowitz) (1899 – 1982) humorist

Entertainment Television

I wanted to make it really special on Valentine's Day, so I tied my boyfriend up… and for three solid hours I watched whatever I wanted on TV.

Tracy Smith

American comedian

Entertainment Television Valentine's Day

Accordion: A pleated bagpipe.

Anonymous

Definitions Entertainment Music Things Accordion Bagpipes

Why should people go out and pay to see bad movies when they can stay home and see bad television for nothing.

Samuel Goldwyn

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Entertainment Film Television

Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.

Eugene Ormandy

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

Entertainment Misspokements Music

I know two kinds of audiences only – one coughing, and one not coughing.

Arthur Schnabel

(1882 – 1951) Austrian composer & pianist

Entertainment Music Audiences Coughing

Berlioz, musically speaking, is a lunatic; a classical composer only in Paris, the great city of quacks.

Dramatic and Musical Review

Entertainment Insults Music Places Of French composer Hector Berlioz Paris

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.

Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Entertainment Music Classical music

It makes me look as if I were straining a stool.

Winston Churchill

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Art Insults On a portrait of him by Graham Sutherland

You know what I think about people who don't like rape jokes… f**k em!

Stewart Francis

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Entertainment Jokes Rape

Let’s be honest: Isn’t a lot what we call tap dancing really just nerves?

Entertainment Miscellaneous Tap-dancing

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say much.

John Wayne

(1907 – 1979) American film actor, director & producer

Acting Entertainment On acting

They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian; well, they’re not laughing now.

Bob Monkhouse

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

Emotions Entertainment Laughter People Comedians

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.