Screwball Quotes

She's more even -[daughter China] - I think it jumps generations. You get a screwball in one, and then the next one is straight, then you get a screwball. My grandmother was goofy, my mother was straight. (Grace Slick)
Strange as it may seem to those who have read much of the screwball side of Hollywood life, I have never had to fight against an impulse to jump into a swimming-pool while dressed for the opera. View quote
Irene Dunne
You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly. View quote
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people. View quote
Charles Kettering
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. View quote
James Patrick Murray
I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal. View quote
Zooey Deschanel
There is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly. View quote
L. Ron Hubbard