We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Never place a period in your life where God only meant to place a comma.” — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
This country needs room to grow and expand. In all my own newspapers I read frightful tales of the shameful atrocities being perpetrated on our Democratic minorities in Maine and Vermont. My patience is almost at an end, and if provoked much further I will place both countries under American protection, even if I have to send in my tourists… — 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 Image
I often put boiling water in the freezer. Then whenever I need boiling water,I simply defrost it. — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
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 Image
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half. — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
The Senate is the only show in the world where the cash customers have to sit in the balcony. — Gracie Allen Copy Share Image
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 Image
