Gracie Allen Quotes

"The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow."
-Gracie Allen

"When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half."
-Gracie Allen in Birth quotes.

"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best."
-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

"When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half."
-Gracie Allen

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

"My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old. [said when George Burns was only 64. He lived to be 100]."
-Gracie Allen