There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.

Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that's got his own.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung.

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.