Subject: Entertainment (Page 7)

Every child is an artist; the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

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

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

(1952 – ) American writer & comedian

I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence; they got one marked “brightness” but it don’t work, does it?

(1946 – ) American comedian

Play us a medley of your hit.

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

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

If the World Series goes seven games, it will be NBC's longest running show this fall.

(1925 – 2005) television host

People like to hear me say 'shit' in my gorgeous voice.

(1904 – 2000) English actor, director & producer

Fiddler: A violinist before he becomes the virtuoso.

In the city, a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

(1672 – 1719) English essasyist, poet & politician

I’ve performed for twelve presidents… and entertained six.

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

It’s funny how psychos are always so much scarier when they’re pretty girls.

(1954 – ) British writer & critic

My husband, who hardly ever listens to the radio anymore, has this one on all the time.

Someone came too sooner.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

(1889 – 1974) American intellectual, writer, reporter & political commentator

Not nearly as exciting as it would be if I were acknowledged as one of the greatest lays in the world.

(1925 – 2006) American actress

Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

They're not understudies, they're overstudies.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

(1966 – ) entrepreneur, founder of Wikipedia

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Shakespeare is so tiring; you never get a chance to sit down unless you’re a king.

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist