Art Linkletter Quotes

United States, Radio Personality
July 17, 1912 – May, 26, 2010.

Arthur Gordon Linkletter (born Arthur Gordon Kelly, or Gordon Arthur Kelley (sources differ), July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio and TV for 19 years. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.

I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.

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- Success
- Small
The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.

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- Childhood

My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another.

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- People
- Help
I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights.

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- Up
- Money
I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.

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- People
- Why
- American
One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything.

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- Small
- College
In the Top 40, half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out, turn on, and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques.

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- World
- Light
- Teen
Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant.

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- World
- Why
- Kids

Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well.

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- People
The depths of the Depression. You didn't ask what the job was, what the pay was, you didn't ask about stock options, or - you said yes.

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- Job
- Depression
- Stock
I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters.

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- Today
A finished product is one that has already seen its better days.

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