Art Linkletter

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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

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

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. ”

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

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence. ”