George Cukor Quotes

I don't think you can teach people how to be funny. You can make suggestions about how to speak a line or get a laugh, but it has to be in them.

George Cukor

People
Funny

Quotes to Explore

At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.

Garry Disher
- Good
- Myself
- Award
Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.

Kajol
- Time
- Children
- Kids
Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.

Barbara Corcoran
- Up
- Time
- World
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.

Pamela Sargent
- World
- Business
- Own
I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.

Halima Aden
- School
- Like
- Speak
I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.

Canelo Alvarez
- Cool
- Calm
- Stay