Ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.
[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.
[On old age:] You wake up one morning and you got it.
Honey, that Totie Fields is one well-fed white woman. When that gal sits around the house, she sits around the house!
Anytime you see me with my arms around an old man, I'm holding him for the police.
I don't want nothing old but some old money. Buy me some young ideas. That's what I'm gonna do with it.