88 Quotes by Regis Philbin

You get a taste here in New Orleans that you don’t get anywhere else in the country.

So when I got the chance to do my first talk show, 50 years ago last month, I never had any writers. There was no budget – it was just me and the camera and my friend who was the director. I talked about what I’d done that week.

I'm involved in the stock market, which is fun and, sometimes, very painful.

Is that your final answer?

When you're a co-host, you've got to consider what the other person is saying and take the next step and get the laugh or get to the end of the story. You've got to make it happen and then move on to the next story.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

I majored in sociology and never took a single music-related course, much less any kind of class in public speaking - no confidence for it, none - yet I still had a passion for it that burned inside me.

A great listener - that was my talent!

Spontaneity is everything to me, working without a net.