Subject: Entertainment (Page 8)

Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Sophia Loren plays peasants; I play ladies.

(1927 – ) Italian actress & photojournalist

This might have been good for a picture… except it has too many characters in it.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

She has more talent to the square head than anybody I know.

(1908–1960) British film actress

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together; the public doesn’t give a damn what goes on inbetween.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

I know this music from memory, not from the music.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

I'm convinced that his voice comes out of his eyelids.

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

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments – the very lower bowel of music.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

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

(1968 – ) American actor & comedian

I have no problem not listening to The Temptations.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

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

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

The intensity of movie publicity is in inverse ratio to the quality of the movie.

Good producers are as rare as rocking horse doo-doo.

(1948 – ) English film director

Enraged by Bristol Palin on ‘Dancing,’ Man Shoots TV, Prompts Standoff

Bad artists always admire each other’s work.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

I like Wagner’s music better than anybody’s; it is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Charles Farrar Browne (1834 – 1867) humorist

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

(1770 – 1827) German composer & pianist

I was happy when I fist heard Ronald Reagan was running for the presidency; I’ve always thought, once you’re in show business you should stay in it.

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

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

(1879 – 1974) film producer