Occupation: Radio Personality Birth: July 17, 1912 Death: May 26, 2010
Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant..
Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful..
Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren..
One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything..
And keep a sense of humor. It doesn't mean you have to tell jokes. If you can't think of anything else, when you're my age, take off your clothes and….
I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing..
I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights.
The two best interview subjects are children under 10 and people over 70 for the same reason: they say the first thing that comes to their mind. The ….
Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who t….
A poor old man held the winning ticket on a half million dollar lottery. Hearing the old man might be surprised at the shock, the local pastor was as….
A finished product is one that has already seen its better days..
No one can keep from aging, but there is no need to grow old..
My age now, like my age 20 years ago, marks the year in which I was born. That's all..
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a quarter to buy a tick….
The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes.
Each generation has been an education for us in different ways. The first child-with-bloody-nose was rushed to the emergency room. The fifth child-wi….
Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well.
A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given ether. As he was coming out of the anesthetic….
I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me..
Just smiling goes a long way toward making you feel better about life. And when you feel better about life, your life is better. With an optimistic, ….
Diplomacy - the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash..