“One or two intermediaries approached us and suggested they could influence the votes. We turned them down. We certainly didn't set out to influence people other than give them a pot of Cape gooseberry jam.”
Chris Ball
“I have been an assistant long enough to know that you don't stop making suggestions if your suggestion is turned down. You just keep on making suggestions. If I make 10 suggestions, he is not going to use 10 of them, but he is going to use some of them.”
Brendan Malone
“One of the big ones is that Ronald Reagan was considered for the Humphrey Bogart role. Some sources suggest that revelation was a ploy by Reagan's publicist more than an actual fact. Producer Hal Wallace has said during interviews that Bogart was always intended for the part. However, it is true that studios always had backup rosters of names in case someone became unavailable.”
Christopher Roberts
“If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.”
Zig Ziglar
“I was advised to have a manager so that year I had one. He suggested I accept the part. So I just went on and did what they told me. It was awful! (on his appearance on "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)”
Harry Nilsson
“In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.”
William Randolph Hearst
“I suggest three things a) every state should require photo Id to vote. We demand it to board planes and rent a video at Blockbuster. Why not when voting? B) Clear statewide registration lists that can be pruned of ineligible names and which can be compared with those in other states to weed out duplicates. C) More effective and frequent prosecution of voter fraud crimes, with no regard to whose party they impact.”
John Fund
