Subject: Entertainment (Page 3)

He got a reputation as a great actor by just thinking hard about the next line.

(1894 – 1982) American film director, film producer & screenwriter

Yeah, this comedy is all a part of my “Get Rich Slow” scheme… and it’s working.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

I am thinking it right but beating it wrong.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

The finest collection of frames I ever saw.

(1778 – 1829) English chemist

You might be a redneck if… an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger changed your life.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I don't like sex on television… I keep falling off.


Art is long and life is short; here is evidently the explanation of a Brahms symphony.

Jazz Musician: A juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? 

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

Never pass up a chance to have sex or appear on television.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

Acting is really about lying and, in my case, drinking coffee.

(1963 – ) American actor & producer

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

(1867 – 1959) architect, interior designer, writer & educator

He makes you feel more danced against than with.


I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

(1821 – 1867) French poet, essayist & art critic

A body at rest tends to watch television.

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

(1882 – 1951) Austrian composer & pianist