When my mother had to get ...

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she\'d just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
 Gracie Allen

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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Every man is born with the ability to do something well. This is what the Lord intended him to do. Using that ability - what life is all about.
 Gracie Allen
Never place a period where God has placed a comma.
 Gracie Allen
Every politician must be able to keep both feet on the fence with his ear to the ground.
 Gracie Allen
It's a game everybody plays. If you see a man with a beard and holler "Beaver!" it's five points. And if you see a man with a moustache, it's onlI three points.
 Gracie Allen
I'm having my platform run up by a movie set designer, so it will be very impressive from the front, but not too premanent. After all, there's no sense putting a lot of time and thought into something you'll have no use for after you're elected.
 Gracie Allen