"American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks through which the lawyers may creep."

-- Katharine Whitehorn

#Children Quotes #Cracks Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.”
“I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum theory, it could be there as aspects of reality that are beyond the capacity of our brains They could be staring us in the face and we just Don't recognise them. The problem is that we-re looking for something very much like us, assuming that they at least have something like the same mathematics and technology.”
“I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.”
“A banker is a person who is willing to make you a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't need it.”
“I can't even open my eyes underwater.”
“I got into musical comedy because of Shakespeare, not because of singing. They needed someone to understudy Richard Burton. I was also going to musical auditions because the agent I had insisted I go to them.”
“You can't have everything, even in California”
“How much harm does a company have to do before we question its right to exist?”

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