Subject: Entertainment (Page 13)

Let's face it, show business is run by 2,000 Jews and Oprah, and she lives next door to Spielberg, which makes her Jewish by association.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author

She comes on stage as if she had been sent for to sew rings on the new curtains.

(1865-1940) English actress

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

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

You know I'm the only Iraqi comedian… yeah true… at least that makes us three more than Germany.

(1965 – ) British-Iranian comedian, actor & writer

Harpist: A plucky musician.

He sang like a hinge.

(1908 – 1984) American actress & singer

One time I went to a drive-in in a taxi cab… the movie cost me $95.00.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

No opera plot can be sensible, for in sensible situations people do not sing.

(1907 – 1973) poet & critic

Real country music is lying on the floor with that bottle of Jack Daniel's by your side 'cause a woman's gone and walked across your heart like a Samoan man in golf shoes.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

It's a bunch of guys all playing different songs at the same time.

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

I’d rather be Frank Capra than God… if there is a Frank Capra.

(1912 – 1999) American writer and director of plays & films

The last time I acted my name was so low on the program that I was getting orders for the printing.

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor

I can’t listen to that much Wagner… I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

You might be a redneck if… you bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

sportswriter

I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die; I would have thought the obvious one was "Shout For Help."

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

What do you want me to do … stop shooting now and release it as The Five Commandments?

(1881 – 1959) American film director & producer

I liked your opera… I think I will set it to music.

(1770 – 1827) German composer & pianist

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Television: A watching machine.

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General