There is nothing in the world I wouldn't do for (Bob) Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn't do for me ... We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.

[Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.

I'm proud to acknowledge my debt to the 'Reverend Satchelmouth' ... He is the beginning and the end of music in America

Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

There's no labor a man can do that's undignified-if he does it right.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

Christmas has a way of bringing out the best in everyone