Telethon Quotes

#1. Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon.

Barbara Olson

#2. Hanks' ideology first came into our zone shortly after 9/11, when he criticized me for asking Hollywood telethon stars to become more aggressive in getting the money to 9/11 families.

Bill O'Reilly

#3. If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans.

Jerry Lewis

#4. My dad was in radio; he was a broadcaster, and it was in the family. He hosted kind of a game show at one point on TV; he was the original host of 'Good Day New York,' and he hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon for 15 years.

Greg Fitzsimmons

#5. It's key to know which essential foods will keep you going and help your body recover after hard work.

Marcus Samuelsson

#6. How about this, have you ever farted so hard you shivered?

Bill Engvall

#7. There's nothing in the world like live entertainment. With TV, you have to wait for your results; with live entertainment, people let you know right then and there. That relationship is established in 30 seconds. The first 30 seconds, they'll let you know whether they like you or not.

Tracy Morgan

#8. Tell Lord Brudenell...that he has already given me satisfaction: the satisfaction of having removed the most damned bad tempered and extravagant bitch in the kingdom.

Cecil Woodham-Smith

#9. Africa will get nowhere until we have mechanics ... Mechanics are the first stone in the building. Then there are other people on top. Doctors. Nurses. Teachers. But the whole thing is built on mechanics. That is why it is important to teach young people to be mechanics.

Alexander McCall Smith

#10. Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all.

Peter Singer

#11. The will to meaning comes from within.

Anonymous

#12. I like to laugh. It's kind of escapism. I like to make people laugh. And I kind of like people just to have to not think about anything

Chelsea Handler

#13. When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

Don McLean

#14. The misers cheese is wholesomest

Benjamin Franklin