Jonathan Winters Quotes
Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.
I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces.
When you wear so many hats in society, you never know who you are. That's the beauty of it. Because once you find out who you are, you're screwed.
I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended - I ended up doing comedy, writing and painting. I've had a ball. And as I get older, I just become an older kid.
Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others.
My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.
I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without being dirty.
I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping.
You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.
I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you.
My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.
I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.
The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.
