There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.

My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."

Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.

Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.