Gracie Allen: Making

“I’ll make a prediction with my eyes open: that a woman can and will be elected if she is qualified and gets enough votes.”

Gracie Allen

Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 3 : Why a woman president? Well, why?
Context: Now, I don’t pretend to know all the answers. I’m just a plain, ordinary, everyday genius who loves her fellow-man whenever possible. But let me tell you that women are getting very tired of running a poor second to the Forgotten Man, and with all the practice we’ve had around the house the time is ripe for a woman to sweep the country. I’ll make a prediction with my eyes open: that a woman can and will be elected if she is qualified and gets enough votes.

“Let’s all pull together and make these United States the grandest place in this whole country.”

Gracie Allen

Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 5 : Issues and how to pick them
Context: Let’s all pull together and make these United States the grandest place in this whole country. I see a vision. A glorious vision. A united people, marching forward shoulder to shoulder, giving their all for the common good, working while I whistle.

Country

“All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for this country, which is ridiculous. I haven’t done anything yet, and I think it’s just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share.”

Gracie Allen

Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 2 : Others make good, why not you?

Thinking , Sense , Country

“I fully realize that every promise I make, the Republicans will double and the Democrats will redouble. They think this will make me vulnerable, but they don’t know I have some tricks up my sleeve, along with a box of raisins to munch on while I’m waiting for the returns to come in.”

Gracie Allen

Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 5 : Issues and how to pick them

Thinking , Waiting , Box

“You're the only boy who ever made me cry, and I decided that if you could make me cry, I must really love you.”

Gracie Allen

Accepting a proposal of marriage from George Burns in December 1925, after a long period of reluctance, and dismissal of his overtures, as quoted in Gracie : A Love Story (1988) by George Burns, p. 17

Love , Boy , Cry

“When you learn to make everybody happy, you will possess the golden secret of how to milk the contented voters. But do it in such a way that they won’t think you want them to vote for you just because you need the money.
They need the money, and besides, they can think up other reasons if they try.”

Gracie Allen

Source: How to Become President (1940), Ch. 6 : How not to offend anybody

Money , Secret , Way , Thinking