When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.


Gracie Allen
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

Gracie Allen
Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.

Gracie Allen
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 and no camera for me. There's no make-believe. It's for real.