I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.

I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.

The most important thing for old guys is never start going down the stairs sideways.

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.

I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business so that's literally 70 years.