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Steve Allen
American
Entertainer
About the author
Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Humor
Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Energy
#Mystery
#Physics
I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Now
#Mind
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#People
#Old
#states
#United
#Tomorrow
#Punishment
If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is - holy war.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#God
#War
#Disgust
In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Want
#Society
#Teachers
Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Dogs
#Smoking
One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Problems
Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Patriotism
The hair is real - it's the head that's a fake.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Hair
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.
Steve Allen,
American
Entertainer
#Government
#Politicians