Johnny Carson
11 quotes
Biography
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. This is kind of an emotional thing for me because I've known about this show for a long time, and the newspapers and the magazines that I've probably been interviewed 150 times in the last nine months since I've known about this. As I say, you'll work up to it; we come over here this afternoon, we meet the guests that are on the show, and you get kind of charged up. I don't mean to be maudlin about it, but I know that tonight a lot of people, a lot of my friends are watching all over the country, and I only have one feeling as I stand here knowing that so many people are watching: I want my nana!"
"Who could follow Carson? Well, believe me, somebody can — and will."
"And so it has come to this: I, uh... am one of the lucky people in the world; I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it. I want to thank the gentlemen who've shared this stage with me for thirty years, Mr. Ed McMahon... Mr. Doc Severinsen... and... you people watching, I can only tell you that it has been an honor and a privilege to come into your homes all these years and entertain you—and I hope when I find something that I want to do, and I think you would like, and come back, that you'll be as gracious in inviting me into your home as you have been. I bid you a very heartfelt good night."
"I did not know that."
"For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off."
"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."
"Just be yourself -- it's the only way it can work."
"Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do."
"For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off."
"If life was fair Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead."
"I know a man who gave up smoking drinking sex and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself."