And keep a sense of humor. It doesn't mean you have to tell jokes. If you can't think of anything else, when you're my age, take off your clothes and walk in front of a mirror. I guarantee you'll get… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times. — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a quarter to buy a ticket, but the mother refused, telling her son that if he went to that show he would see something awful. Well, the boy sneaked in the show and the first thing… — Art Linkletter Copy Share
Committees are to get everybody together and homogenize their thinking. — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
The two best interview subjects are children under 10 and people over 70 for the same reason: they say the first thing that comes… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
The only meaningful contact is one that involves a genuine, giving personal interaction. You may want another person to help you in business, but… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
People find gold in fields, veins, river beds, and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out. — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing. — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given ether. As he was coming out of the anesthetic a fire broke out in the building next door. As the flames began to show through the hospital windows the nurse pulled the shades down. She didn't want the… — Art Linkletter Copy Share
