A Quote by Red Buttons

Michelangelo's girlfriend, who said to Angelo, Forget the paint - let's put a mirror on the ceiling. Never got a dinner!

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Ceiling Dinner Forget Forget The Pain Girlfriend Got Mirror Never Paint Put Said

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Red Buttons
American - Comedian
February 5, 1919 - July 13, 2006

King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!

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When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.

Francois Cavanna

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, who said to his tailor Irving, Forget the slacks - please work on the blazer! Never got a dinner!

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If God dislikes gays so much, how come he picked Michelangelo, a known homosexual, to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling while assigning Anita Bryant to go on television and push orange juice?

Mike Royko

Sydney Poitier, who said to Lester Maddox, Guess who's not coming to dinner? Never got a dinner!

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I never put a ceiling on myself, I never put a ceiling on my teammates or my team.

Jae Crowder

Actually, I was having dinner with Michael [Stipe, of R.E.M.] when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.

Billy Corgan

The Puerto Rican doctor, who wrote all his prescriptions with spray paint. Never got a dinner!

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Orson Welles, who said to Anita Bryant, Stop picketing me. What I said was I was a thespian. Never got a dinner!

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Christopher Columbus, who said to Queen Isabella, No, you got it wrong! The world is round. You're flat! Never got a dinner!

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Joseph Cotten, who said, You know how I got my name? Sammy Davis picked it for me. Never got a dinner!

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Adam, who said to our Lord in the Garden of Eden, I got more ribs - you got more broads? Never got a dinner!

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Moses, who said to the children of Israel, Wear your galoshes; I never did this trick before. Never got a dinner!

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A couple of months ago, I gave my girlfriend some fancy lingerie, and she actually got mad at me. She said, 'Anthony, I think this is more of a gift for you than it is for me.' And I said, 'If you want to get technical, it was originally a gift for my last girlfriend.'