Sid Caesar Quotes
You have to expect failure; not everything is going to work.
Although this principle is accepted in entertainment, business, sports, science or medicine, politicians cannot seem to accept Caesar’s principle and not only never expect failure but are often in denial and cannot even accept it. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the great exception to this rule. See {642798} and {32356} for some of the examples of his unusual view.
Sid Caesar, 1922-2014, Entertainer and Comedian, Interview, PBS Pioneers of Prime Time, May 17, 2006
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Most of the great political leaders also have many failures, especially in the policy realm. For example, while most Americans remember that FDR’s policies led to our emergence from the Great Depression, many of his programs, did not work, others were declared unconstitutional and necer really tried, and still others were not significant in what they accomplished.
- Born: September 8, 1922
- Died: February 12, 2014
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Actor, Comedian, Writer, Musician, Producer
Isaac Sidney Caesar was an American comic actor and writer, best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950-1954), which was a 90 minute weekly show watched by 60 million people and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954-1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians. Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between the years 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in movies; he played Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and Vegas Vacation (1997).
