Gleason Quotes

Wha--huh? You've made a mistake? You? Wait... The world isn't ending. Big Ben's Infinity Day Clock has stopped. You can't have made a mistake. It's simply not... possible. It's a day just like any other day. - Evaline, to Mina ~ Colleen Gleason

As it happens" said my uncle," I intended to make an appearance at the met today anyway. Inspector Lestrade has been bumbling through another investigation, and I decided it would be best to offer my assistance before he travels too far down an incorrect deductive path- and note that I use the term deductive liberally. I don`t belive Lestrade could deduce in which direction a horse crossed the street even if he came upon a pile of its dung!"
Sherlock Holmes, The Chess queen enigma ~ Colleen Gleason

Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney. ~ Phife Dawg

I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an average lifespan of two to five years post-diagnosis, and scientists don't know what causes it. ALS prevents your brain from talking to your muscles. As a result, muscles die. As a result, every 90 minutes people die. I am a person. ~ Steve Gleason

Oh. Really? Smith? The most common, boring name in the world? - Evaline, to Pix ~ Colleen Gleason

To cure ALS medically is not economical. The realities are that it's difficult to find funding for research for a medical cure. I believe in developing technology as opposed to medical research. Technology can be economical. ~ Steve Gleason

Oh, sorry. My excitement must be clouding my ability to judge comedic hyperbole. ~ Daniel Palladino

One of these days ... One of these days ... Pow! Right in the kisser! ~ Jackie Gleason

I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra. ~ Natalie Cole

What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics. ~ Buddy Hackett

In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Carol Burnett, all those people. ~ Ed O'Neill

It's better to star in Oshkosh than to starve on Broadway. ~ James Gleason

The Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world. ~ Jackie Gleason

I'm no alcoholic. I'm a drunkard. There's a difference. A drunkard doesn't like to go to meetings. ~ Jackie Gleason

Two princess each one fair."
*runs toward the princes*
"No, get the hair. ~ Joanna Gleason

I didn't have things as a child, and I was determined to get them. ~ Jackie Gleason

We all face adversity and tragedy and need inspiration and motivation to Keep Rolling. ~ Steve Gleason

I think people should be brave and take a chance and do what excites them. ~ Jean Berko Gleason

Jealousy doesn't become you. Of course I care about your welfare as well as Sebastian's, and Temple's too, of course - but the last time I saw him he barely escaped poofing in the sun. ~ Colleen Gleason

I have a 'Play The Melody' philosophy. It means don't over arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody-and do it the simplest way possible. ~ Jackie Gleason

How could they be on opposite sides when it came to protecting the planet that hosted all of them? ~ Colleen Gleason

Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you. ~ Jean Berko Gleason

That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you. ~ Paul Gleason

Thank you, Mina Holmes. We would never have been able to do this without your assistance. - Lurelia ~ Colleen Gleason

Gleason used to rack balls for me when he was a kid in Brooklyn and in Long Island. ~ Minnesota Fats

Your feather are drooping. - Evaline
...
Drat. - Mina ~ Colleen Gleason

Hello, Miss Adler. Irene Adler. Wow," he said, his voice hushed. "This is so weird. ~ Colleen Gleason

Your brain is not formed when you're born, you have to build your brain. ~ Jean Berko Gleason

I realized, suddenly and quite shockingly, that her answered mattered to me - for a number of reasons...
I would be without a valuable companion and counterpart for my adventures, and I discovered, to my surprise, that that realization did not sit well with me at all. For all her weaknesses, Evaline Stoker was also a significant force to be reckoned with in her own way. We did complement each other, and I would miss having her by my side on any future endeavors. ~ Colleen Gleason

How could you get angry with Jackie Gleason? ~ Maureen O'Hara

Most wives think of their husbands as bumbling braggarts with whom they happen to be in love. ~ Jackie Gleason

Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio. ~ Larry King

It's not going to be easy, but it's going to be awesome. Awesome Ain't Easy. ~ Steve Gleason

If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world. ~ Steve Gleason

Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution. ~ Jean Berko Gleason

Integrity- What you would do if you knew you would never be found out ~ Chuck Gleason

Confidence, knowing for certain that the person making the call has your safety foremost in their mind. And knowing that the job you are about to take on is the right thing to do, that it makes sense. ~ Paul Gleason

I drink for the honorable purpose of getting bagged. ~ Jackie Gleason

Different languages cut the world into different slices. ~ Jean Berko Gleason

If I make a decision it is a possession. I take pride in it, I tend to defend it and not listen to those who question it. If I make sense, then this is more dynamic, and I listen and I can change it. A decision is something you polish. Sensemaking is a direction for the next period. ~ Paul Gleason

Because ALS is underfunded, patients have had no option but to fade away and die. That is not OK. ~ Steve Gleason

I have moments where I miss my old self. But I think anyone can get caught up in what we used to have. But at the same time, we can choose to focus on the beauty of now. ~ Steve Gleason

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it. ~ Jackie Gleason

It's a mixed crowd at the dogs - black, white, hispanic - but to Walt they all look like Jackie Gleason. Heavyset guys with big plans and polyester souls. ~ John Sayles

Drinking removes warts and pimples. Not from me. But from those I look at. ~ Jackie Gleason

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl. ~ Jackie Gleason

The worst thing you can do with money is save it. ~ Jackie Gleason

I don't plan to be a gentleman about this Victoria. He doesn't want you - he doesn't want anyone - an I do." ~ Sebastian ~ Colleen Gleason

When a holy was is declared, the end justifies any means to those crusaders. ~ Colleen Gleason

I sat up straight. "How in the world does a simple Cockney pickpocket know all about 'The Vampyre' and Frankenstein and their connections?"
Mina's eyes widened, gleaming like marbles in the dim light. I'd actually taken her by surprise.
"That, my dear Miss Stoker, is a very good question. A very good question. ~ Colleen Gleason

The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.' ~ Steve Gleason

Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals. ~ Jean Berko Gleason

Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding ways to make life meaningful and purposeful and rewarding, doing the activities that you love and spending time with the people that you love - I think that's the meaning of this human experience. ~ Steve Gleason

A terminal diagnosis can really mess with your head. Honestly, it makes you want to run away to the moon. Many ALS patients want to fade away quietly. This was not for me. ~ Steve Gleason

Why did God allow Jephthah's foolish vow to run its course? (D*) ~ Gleason Archer

I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets. ~ Jackie Gleason

My partner and I escaped the chamber with nothing more than a ripped hem (Miss Holmes's), a sagging hairdo (Miss Holmes's), and a broken copper-heeled shoe (also Miss Holmes's). ~ Colleen Gleason

I believe happiness is a choice. Some days it is a very difficult choice. ~ Steve Gleason

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it. ~ Jackie Gleason

Why do you have a picture of my mentor, Siri, on the shelf above your fireplace? - Evaline.
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That's not your mentor... That's my mother, Desiree. - Mina ~ Colleen Gleason

I knew that nobody could be on television week after week as themselves and exist for any length of time, because no one has that rich a personality ... So I knew that I had to create some characters. ~ Jackie Gleason

The increased rate of brain disease in the NFL population is caused by the way the game is played within the rules. ~ Steve Gleason

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show. ~ Elvis Presley

Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos. ~ Jackie Gleason

Invariably, I will be referred to Gleason Archer's massive Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, a heavy volume that seeks to provide the reader with sound explanations for every conceivable puzzle found within the Bible - from whether God approved of Rahab's lie, to where Cain got his wife. (Note to well-meaning apologists: it's not always the best idea to present a skeptic with a five-hundred-page book listing hundreds of apparent contradictions in Scripture when the skeptic didn't even know that half of them existed before you recommended it.) ~ Rachel Held Evans

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are. ~ Steve Gleason

Her companion froze then his eyes widened and he began to laugh. Loudly, derisively, uproariously. His body shook and he leaned his shoulder against the wall as if needing to be held upright. Good grief. When the dark pain and anguish that always lingered in his countenance evaporated and turned into reckless humor instead, Chas became unbelievably handsome. Impossibly good-looking - so ~ Colleen Gleason

I'm afraid to walk in public, because people look at me. But I'm not going to stop. I'm afraid because if I want to commune with my friend Shad (Meier), I have to ask him to cut my chicken for me. But I did it. And I'm afraid to go back and see my teammates and coaches because I know that I'll feel envy. But I'm going to do it anyway. Because fear is just a feeling, and if you can acknowledge that fear, digest that fear and overcome it, the rewards are incredible. ~ Steve Gleason

I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me my own serious-mindedness and how ridiculous it all is. It's always easier to see somebody else in that position than yourself, and you laugh. It's like the classic slipping on the banana peel, or someone getting hit by a pie in the face. Why do those things make us laugh? Is it from relief, like: Thank God it wasn't me? Or is it something else: I'm being very serious now. I'm pontificating earnestly and solemnly about - POW! PIE IN THE FACE! The bust-up of certainty. ~ Jeff Bridges

The best part of you ran down your mother's legs. ~ Jackie Gleason

I just didn't know where he'd come from.
Or, as Mina would no doubt say, from where he'd come. ~ Colleen Gleason

ALS does not affect cognitive process. Stephen Hawking, one of smartest people on the planet, has ALS. It rarely affects the eyes. It doesn't affect senses like hearing, taste and touch. ~ Steve Gleason

My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop. ~ Paul Gleason

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes. ~ James Wolcott

And then she was looking up into the deep-set, dark eyes of the Marquess of Rockley. ~ Colleen Gleason