I really don't act. I just live what George and I are doing. It has to make some sort of sense to me, or it won't ring true. No matter what the script says, there's no audience and no footlights… — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's going to… — Gracie Allen Copy Share
Gracie: "Don't give up, Blanche. Women don't do that. Look at Betsy Ross, Martha Washington-they didn't give up. Look at Nina Jones." Blanche Morton:… — Gracie Allen Copy Share
The on-stage Gracie may look poised, but the real Gracie is shy, a little self-conscious, and, before every performance of my life, panicky. — Gracie Allen Copy Share
This country needs room to grow and expand. In all my own newspapers I read frightful tales of the shameful atrocities being perpetrated on… — Gracie Allen Copy Share
A friend asked her doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said, "Thirty-five children is enough for any woman. — Gracie Allen Copy Share
I often put boiling water in the freezer. Then whenever I need boiling water,I simply defrost it. — Gracie Allen Copy Share
As a well-known great man would have said if he had thought of it, "Don't go around offending people just because it can be… — Gracie Allen Copy Share
The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony. — Gracie Allen Copy Share
A young boy shouldn't be given up for hopeless just because he's lazy, surly, and good for nothing. Don't be discouraged by those things… — Gracie Allen Copy Share
It's a game everybody plays. If you see a man with a beard and holler "Beaver!" it's five points. And if you see a… — Gracie Allen Copy Share
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. — Gracie Allen Copy Share
