Gracie Allen

"Art is anything that makes you think."

"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it."

"I think that being intelligent means being fair."

"Many people are living a life they didn't choose."

"They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy freedom though, and that's pretty close."

"I've learned to accept that everything happens for a reason."

"The most important thing is to be honest with yourself."

"I have very little patience for people who talk too much about themselves."

"If there's no point in doing something, why do it?"

"I never understand why people ask for advice and then don't take it."

"Work is only work if you don't want to do it."

"The older I get, the smarter my parents were."

"I think the reason we have the Second Amendment is because the Founders believed in revolution."

"Most people don't really want advice. They just want permission."

"Music is the only thing that makes sense when nothing else does."

"You can't please everyone, so you might as well please yourself."

"I once told a man he was boring, and he asked me to elaborate."

"The ability to dream is the ability to change."

"I've never been afraid of anything except for the future."

"Health is the only thing you can't buy with money."

"I think adventure is what makes life worth living."

"People mistake arrogance for confidence all the time."

"I once said that the problem with society is that we've made everything too easy."

"Kindness is not a weakness. It's a strength people don't understand."

"I think people are afraid of what they don't understand."

"The greatest power you can have is the power to say no."

"I'm not very good at keeping secrets, but I'm excellent at not telling them."

"Life is like a beautiful piece of music. If you miss a note, you can't just go back and replay it."

"I've learned that people don't change because you want them to."

"The best thing about getting older is that you stop caring what people think."