Funt Quotes & Sayings

Those who follow where their genitals lead them often wind up in tedious company. — Mason Cooley

So, I didn't get moved up because of celebrity status or anything like that. I got in line, and I passed the test. And they realized that I was sick enough, and as soon as the liver became available, I got one. — Pat Summerall

Alan Funt was the first hidden-camera magician. It was the playful nature of the way he worked that really inspired me. A lot of prank shows and hidden-camera shows can be a little mean-spirited. Funt was never like that. — Michael Carbonaro

I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I was just a messenger, but it planted the bug of radio in me. — Allen Funt

The funny thing is that the process of coming up with an idea for a column or a 'Candid Camera' sequence is essentially the same thing. I just live my life with eyes and ears perhaps a little bit wider open than some people. Whatever bothers me or seems off kilter or in need of parody-or on a serious subject, in need of examination-in the past I had done a sequence about it. Now I write a column about it. — Peter Funt

When people are smiling they are most receptive to almost anything you want to teach them. — Allen Funt

There is no greater misery than to recall a time when you were happy. — Anonymous

Before I go to work, I like to pump myself up by crying over my master's degree. — Jenna Marbles

Because sometimes, fantasy is the only way to survive reality. Awol — Karen Amanda Hooper

It breaks my heart to find myself within the cesspool of reality TV shows. — Peter Funt

It's fun to do something dumb. Not something really dumb, like my second marriage. That was really really dumb. — Lisa Scottoline

In a lot of comedies, they kind of take all the problems away from the women. They give her great clothes, great hair; she almost always owns an artisanal shop, like a cheese shop in Manhattan. — Melissa McCarthy

People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half. — Jane Haddam

What happens when an essayist starts imagining things, making things up, filling in blank spaces, or - worse yet - leaving the blanks blank? — John D'Agata

There is a thrill in relishing the suffering of strangers, and they hide their interest with worried faces. — Rin Chupeco