My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and neither one of us knew we were poor. We had nothing, but we didn't know it.

We should never judge a day by its weather.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.

I didn't know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and from the nurturing of values like tolerance, charity, and community.

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults.

People think I'm talking like I'm in perfect health, but I have all the infirmities for my age. I have arthritis and all those things. But if you keep moving, that won't bother you.

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

Luck is good planning carefully executed.

With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.

We Shall Build Good Ships Here; At A Profit If We Can, At A Loss If We Must, But Always Good Ships.

The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

The brain is a tool that gets rusty without constant, albeit moderate, exercise.

strength and beauty must go hand in hand

90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'