Gleason Quotes & Sayings

Through adversity we find our heroes ... — Steve Gleason

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

A man must defend his home, his wife, his children, and his martini. — Jackie Gleason

Colin could have been offended or irked by her presumptive attitude, but sharp women didn't threaten him. In fact, he enjoyed watching them work. And, of course, there was the fact that he'd married one. — Colleen 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

Modesty is the artifice of actors, similar to passion in call girls. — Jackie Gleason

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

I wound up signing to RCA Victor as a trumpeter, guesting on shows like Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners. — Frankie Avalon

In 1965, as Ralph Gleason has reported, when Martin Luther King's march on Selma, Alabama, was brutally attacked by local and state constabulary, Louis Armstrong, then in Copenhagen, said after watching the carnage on television, "They would beat Jesus if he was black and marched. — Nat Hentoff

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

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. — Chuck Jones

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

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

Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous. — George Thorogood

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

Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns. — Paul Gleason

Does God have a sense of humor? He must have if He created us. — Jackie Gleason

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

It's pretty simple for me; I believe all people are created equal, regardless of their sexuality. To promote respect and acceptance is an important role for NFL players and the NFLPA. — Steve Gleason

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

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

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

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

The only thing better than one of my songs is one of my songs with a glass of scotch. — Jackie Gleason

I always knew what I was doing. — Jackie Gleason

I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent. — Jackie Gleason

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

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity. — Steve Gleason

Many ALS patients end up fading away quietly and dying. For me, this was not OK. I did not want to fade away quietly. — Steve Gleason

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

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

Sometimes the feeling that life is great just swells up inside you and fills you with joy. — Jackie Gleason

I'm happy to scrap with you, Macey darling, but we might do a little too much damage in this small space. — Colleen Gleason

During my senior year, I was supposed to spend a semester student teaching, but decided I couldn't be a teacher. My aunt Beth's friend was Jackie Gleason's daughter, Linda Miller. She encouraged me to talk to her. After doing that, she recommended Catholic University's M.F.A. acting program. So that's what I did. — Siobhan Fallon Hogan

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

Typing with your fingers or thumbs is sooooo 2012. I tweeted that earlier in the year. I type with my eyes. Not only that, I navigate my computer, create and play music, keep a calendar, conference call, lead web X meetings, text and, obviously, tweet with my eyes. — Steve 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

Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable. — Jackie Gleason

It is difficult for people to appreciate their own laughter unless you show them some pathos along the way. — Jackie Gleason

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

Ralph Kramden, as played by Jackie Gleason, was this big bumbling New York City bus driver who was kind of mean and crass and a little bit egotistical. But underneath it all, he was a big heart looking for a place to land I think. — George Saunders

That was Chas. Furious and black-hearted one minute, ready to crack a wry joke the next. — Colleen Gleason

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

I've changed my mind, and when we're finished, Victoria, you won't remember your own name... let alone Viogets." ~ Max — Colleen 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

We have this enormous connection to the living world that is reflected in our language. — Jean Berko Gleason

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

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

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

Does anyone know if Lamborghini makes wheelchair vehicles? If not, I want to change that. — Steve Gleason

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

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

Hurry up, Mina. There's a dead body here for you! - Evaline — Colleen Gleason

That would be a fine day ... one that I needed a girl to save my life. From a vampire. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

Some drink to forget, some drink to remember-me, I drink to get bagged, — Jackie 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

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound - by Max Pesaro

— Colleen Gleason

To have a statue of you up 100 years from now at the Superdome, I think that's amazing. — Steve Gleason

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

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

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

Golf and women are a lot alike. You know you are not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can't resist the impulse. — Jackie Gleason

We all have a timeline. Most of us don't live like we have a timeline. — Steve Gleason

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

My life is not easy, but it's awesome. — Steve Gleason

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

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

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

Two princes each one fair."
*Walks toward the princes*
"No get the hair. — Joanna Gleason

I was training in Gleason's Gym on 30th and 8th Avenue, where it was the Mecca of boxing, and a guy walked in who couldn't rub two quarters together and said, 'Did you ever think of being on TV?' And somehow I ended up in 'Taxi,' which is the craziest thing of all. — Tony Danza

I always knew our first time would be in a carriage. - Sebastian — Colleen Gleason

I didn't want to love you, but I can't help it. I don't want to be without you, but I bloody well will. - Max — Colleen 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

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

I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die, and the only thing we can control is how we are and what we're doing in the meantime. — Steve 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

Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers. — Jason Alexander

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

How does one address ... the master of the vampire executioners? My lord? Your grace? Your stakeness? — Colleen Gleason

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

The only thing predictable about you is that you consistently appear when you suppose I least expect it. Perhaps that will be your undoing; for now I shall expect to see you every time I turn around. — Colleen 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

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

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

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

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

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

The wildly drunk man from the cabin next door to ours is in front of me in the crowd. He's so drunk that he's standing in the women-and-children section. He complains loudly that this is boring and that we are a bunch of assholes. When a clearly terrified woman blurts out, "Please, sir, be quiet," he sways for a second and then lets out a long "Shuuuuut uuuuuuuup" that is funny not just because of its Jackie Gleason-style delivery but also because of its inappropriateness in a situation where we're all probably going to die. — Tina Fey

What you call freedom is still nothing but choosing how to steer straight into the heart of what chooses you. — Kate Gleason