Famous quotes by Entertainers

"A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication"

Matthew Lesko, Entertainer

"The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"Fire has always been, and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other"

Jack Paar, Entertainer

"Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period!"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a section and we do a brief overview of our subject area"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: Mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country"

Harry Houdini, Entertainer

"What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special"

Ted Allen, Entertainer

"One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations"

Steve Allen, Entertainer

"If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow"

Steve Allen, Entertainer

"Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized"

Steve Allen, Entertainer

"If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war"

Steve Allen, Entertainer

"I don't get many hecklers now, but answering them is an art form in itself"

Paul Daniels, Entertainer

"Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain"

Paul Daniels, Entertainer

"Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar"

Steve Allen, Entertainer

"Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day, but I haven't been to a gym in years"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"When people say to me, don't the years go fast? I have to be honest and say that, whereas I don't realise where they go in the long term, I pack so much into a year, it seems to take forever"

Paul Daniels, Entertainer

"When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today, if that happened, he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain"

Simon Cowell, Entertainer

"This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary, but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding, and politics of the director"

Ben Edwards, Entertainer

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