I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.

Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.

Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.

Let's face it: It's difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.

A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!

You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.

Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.

My father helped me leave. He said, 'It's all out there, it's not here.'

I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.

Compassion is the magic ingredient to an amazing life.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Ever the characteristic manners of cowardice.

I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not shivered into diamonds over their heads.

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.

Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly.

Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.

I know pretty well what evidence is, and I tell you, such evidence as that for the resurrection has never broken down yet.

To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you'll need to carry on.