Skip to content
Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias

Money and Other Subjects

  • Home
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Bio
  • Archives
  • Links
  • Me-Mail
Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias

Money and Other Subjects

You’ve Never Even HEARD of Agadez

August 15, 2017August 14, 2017

Have you?

But when you read/watch a CNN report like this, I think whatever problems you’re facing today may seem a bit smaller.  And our country’s current position on refugees, a bit meaner.




Have you seen the Bob Hope compendium circling the Internet?  (Thanks, Mel.)

On his death bed they asked him where he wanted to be buried. His answer was, “Surprise me.”

ON TURNING 70
“I still chase women, but only downhill.”

ON TURNING 80

“That’s the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.”

ON TURNING 90

“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”

ON TURNING 100
“I don’t feel old. In fact, I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.”

ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING
“I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.”

ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR
“Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it’s called at my home, ‘Passover.'”

ON GOLF
‘Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.”

ON PRESIDENTS
“I have performed for 12 presidents but entertained only six.”

ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER
“When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, ‘Congratulations, you have an eight pound ham.'”

ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
“I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.”

ON HIS FAMILY’S EARLY POVERTY
“Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.”

ON HIS SIX BROTHERS
“That’s how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.”

ON HIS EARLY FAILURES
“I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn’t for the stuff the audience threw at me.”

ON GOING TO HEAVEN
“I’ve done benefits for ALL religions.  I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.”

 

Post navigation

← Our New McCarthy Era; Two Very Different Stocks
The Americans / White Supremacists →

Quote of the Day

"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took all of it from them."

Edward A. Filene, Department Store Magnate, 1860-1937

Subscribe

 Advice

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

"So full of tips and angles that only a booby or a billionaire could not benefit." -- The New York Times

Help

MYM Emergency?

Too Much Junk?

Tax Questions?

Ask Less

Recent Posts

  • Three Easy Don'ts + Six Sobering Minutes

    June 7, 2025
  • Three Good Ones

    June 4, 2025
  • "A Disgusting Abomination" Indeed

    June 4, 2025
  • Move To Canada? Help Design My Sign? Save The IRS?

    June 2, 2025
  • 90 Must-See Seconds

    June 1, 2025
  • "Those Who Cannot Remember The Past . . ."

    May 31, 2025
  • Heartwarming / Thought-Provoking / Silver Lining -- And Despair

    May 30, 2025
  • Destroy The FBI; Protect The High-Jump!

    May 28, 2025
  • George Orwell, Joe, And Carl

    May 28, 2025
  • Harvard - UPDATED

    May 27, 2025
Andrew Tobias Books
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
©2025 Andrew Tobias - All Rights Reserved | Website: Whirled Pixels | Author Photo: Tony Adams