Quotes from Art Linkletter

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

Troubadours travelled from town to town. They didn't really sing too good, which is the main reason they kept going.

If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

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

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.

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

Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose.

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.

Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren.

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

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.

Do a little more than you're paid to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family & friends.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.

Each generation has been an education for us in different ways. The first child-with-bloody-nose was rushed to the emergency room. The fifth child-with-bloody-nose was told to go to the yard immediately and stop bleeding on the carpet.

Kids do say the darndest things

The best things happen to people who make the best of things that happen to them.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

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

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.

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

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.

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.