It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left

I must be getting absent-minded. Whenever I complain that things aren't what they used to be, I always forget to include myself.

Young. Old. Just Words.

With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.

I'd rather be over the hill than under it.

I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.