Subject: Entertainment (Page 6)

Timing is not so much knowing when to speak, but when to pause.

(1894 – 1974) comedian, radio & television host

Anonymous: Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?

Lennon: He’s not even the best drummer in the band.

(1940 – 1980) English rock musician, singer & songwriter

I grew up with six brothers; that’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom.

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

If [an actor] says, 'But what's my motivation?… 'I say, 'Your salary.'

(1899 – 1980) English filmmaker & producer

I was never so scared in my life… and I was in the war!

(1908 – 2005) English actor

Never look at the trombones; you’ll only encourage them.

(1864 – 1949) German composer

A musical is a series of catastrophes ending with a floor show.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like.

American author

Liking both Marvin Gaye and Art Garfunkel is like supporting both the Israelis and the Palestinians.

(1966 – ) American film actor, producer & screenwriter

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

(1932 – 2011) British-American actress

Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

I don't make jokes… I just watch the government and report the facts.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.’

(1929 – ) American comedian & comic actor

At the Last Supper, how come no one sat at the other side of the table?

(1955 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Fortissimo at last!

(1860 – 1911) Austrian composer

Like two skeletons copulating on a corrugated tin roof.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Agent: Someone who believes an actor takes 85 percent of his money.

I’m always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I’m not going to offend!

(1926 – 2017) American stand-up comedian & actor

So tonight, enjoy yourselves because nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director

For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist