It's a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you'll be able to watch it all on TV.

There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.

It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.

I've never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn't know how really great he is.

I've been married fifty-five years and I've been home three weeks.

Bing Crosby and I weren't the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other. One of our stock lines used to be "There's nothing I wouldn't do for Bing, and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me." And that's the way we go through life - doing nothing for each other!

Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.