Johnny Carson Quotes

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I am taking the applause sign home, putting it in the bedroom.

Johnny Carson
I have an ego like anybody else, but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time.

Johnny Carson
It was so hot today I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea.
It was so hot today I saw a pigeon walking in the shadow of Orson Welles.
It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, "if you want it your way, cook it yourself."

Johnny Carson
Happiness is…finding two olives in your martini when you're hungry.

Johnny Carson
Who could follow Carson? Well, believe me, somebody can — and will.

Johnny Carson
Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there.

Johnny Carson
I feel the one sensible thing you can do is try to live in a way that pleases you. If you don't hurt anybody else, what you do is your own business.

Johnny Carson
And so it has come to this: I, uh... am one of the lucky people in the world; I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it. I want to thank the gentlemen who've shared this stage with me for thirty years, Mr. Ed McMahon... Mr. Doc Severinsen... and... you people watching, I can only tell you that it has been an honor and a privilege to come into your homes all these years and entertain you—and I hope when I find something that I want to do, and I think you would like, and come back, that you'll be as gracious in inviting me into your home as you have been. I bid you a very heartfelt good night.

Johnny Carson