52 Quotes by Jonathan Winters

I’ve always been proud of being a Marine. I won’t hesitate to defend the Corps.

Well, 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.

I don’t paint every day. I’m not that motivated. I don’t do anything the same every day.

My mother had a radio show – a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.

Throughout my life, I’ve been gratified that I’ve been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others.

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.

I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you. I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated.