226 Quotes by Johnny Carson

To be an entertainer, you gotta be a little gutsy, a little egotistical, so you have to pull back sometimes when people say, 'Well, he's stuck-up.' 'Stuck-up' is only another word for self-conscious.

I 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 was going to hang it up on the twenty-fifth year of this show. I don't know why. Maybe twenty-five years is enough. And I found out that I was having so much fun doing the show that we decided to stick around for a while.

There comes a time or a moment when you know in which direction you're going to go. I know it happened to me when I was quite young.

The mind starts to do things that you didn't even realize it could do. I suppose it's the manipulation. I suppose it's the sense of power, the center of attention, and the me-ism. And performers have to have that.

Mail your packages early, so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they see only once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money.

The only issue cash presents you is the independence of not stressing about funds.