I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.

I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existence, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.