52 Quotes by Jonathan Winters

You come into this world, not knowing who you are, and sometimes, if you live long enough, you go out not knowing who you are.

I couldn’t wait for success ― so I went ahead without it.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

I know you can be funny without being filthy.

Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it.

The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight.