I was mad at the time, or I would never have done the thing.

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny.

Silence is of the gods; only monkeys chatter.

Charlie Chaplin and I would have a friendly contest: Who could do the feature film with the least subtitles?

Like everyone else, I like to be with a happy crowd.

They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will be, because it's too natural to do.

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

All my life I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, 'Look at the poor dope, wilya?

If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window.

And if there is sweeter music this side of heaven I haven't heard it.

Put out more energy and it will return to you ... multiplied.

Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?”"...I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning.""Well reasoned.

I can assure you that I'm not very close to Hillary Clinton. I think she's disqualified herself from Commander-in-Chief by her cavalier attitude towards our nation's secrecy laws.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.

The same sun that hardens the clay softens the wax.

When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.

I think the American people out in the heartland have a different view than the people in Washington.

Science and art are the handmaids of religion.

Love has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later.

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'