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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/i-really-don-t-act-i-just-live-what-george-and-i-are-doing-it-has-to/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

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## More by Gracie Allen

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/it-s-foolish-to-bet-on-a-horse-without-talking-to-him-first-i-know-it/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/gracie-don-t-give-up-blanche-women-don-t-do-that-look-at-betsy-ross/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/the-on-stage-gracie-may-look-poised-but-the-real-gracie-is-shy-a/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [“Never place a period in your life where God only meant to place a comma.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/never-place-a-period-in-your-life-where-god-only-meant-to-place-a/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [This country needs room to grow and expand. In all my own newspapers I read frightful tales of the shameful atrocities being perpetrated on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/this-country-needs-room-to-grow-and-expand-in-all-my-own-newspapers-i/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [A friend asked her doctor if a woman should have children after thirty-five. I said, "Thirty-five children is enough for any woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/a-friend-asked-her-doctor-if-a-woman-should-have-children-after/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [I often put boiling water in the freezer. Then whenever I need boiling water,I simply defrost it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/i-often-put-boiling-water-in-the-freezer-then-whenever-i-need-boiling/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/as-a-well-known-great-man-would-have-said-if-he-had-thought-of-it-don/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/when-i-was-born-i-was-so-surprised-i-didn-t-talk-for-a-year-and-a-half/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/the-senate-is-the-only-show-in-the-world-where-the-cash-customers/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [Never place a period where God has placed a comma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/never-place-a-period-where-god-has-placed-a-comma/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/a-young-boy-shouldn-t-be-given-up-for-hopeless-just-because-he-s-lazy/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/they-laughed-at-joan-of-arc-but-she-went-right-ahead-and-built-it/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/it-s-a-game-everybody-plays-if-you-see-a-man-with-a-beard-and-holler/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

> [This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gracie-allen/this-used-to-be-a-government-of-checks-and-balances-now-it-s-all/)

[Gracie Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gracie-allen/)

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