Top 137 Quotes & Sayings by Jerry Lewis - Page 3

My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.

I make sure that I take good care of me.

I'm always thinking about future projects and at the same time trying to finish the project you're in the middle off.

You may catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but you'll get them to work harder if you use a flyswatter.

The doc told me I had a dual personality. Then he lays an 82 dollar bill on me, so I give him 41 bucks and say, 'Get the other 41 bucks from the other guy.'

The day you're born, you get the pink slip on YOU. Outright ownership. You must only share that life with those that you and only you choose.

When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you.

Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.

If I've learned anything in the more than 50 years that I've led MDA, it's that the generosity of the American people knows no bounds. I'm sure that with their fellow citizens in such dire need, they'll dig deep and do everything they can to help. I'm hopeful that many people will be willing to make two phone calls and donate to both causes.

People say, "How would you like to be remembered?" I don't want to be remembered. Gimme a break. What I want is to hear what's great about me now. Let me hear it! In the box you don't hear these eulogies.

Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.

(The Nutty Professor) was a labor of love. It was a total film. It was the most productive, creative work of my life.

For those who understand, no explaination is needed...For those who don't, none will do.

If you think childlike, you'll stay young. If you keep your energy going, and do everything with a little flair, you're gunna stay young. But most people do things without energy, and they atrophy their mind as well as their body. You have to think young, you have to laugh a lot, and you have to have good feelings for everyone in the world, because if you don't, it's going to come inside, your own poison, and it's over.

You might as well like yourself; just think about all the time you're gonna have to spend with you.

Comedy is a man in trouble. And without it, there's no humor.

I have nothing against women. As a matter of fact there's something about them that I love, but I just can't put my finger on it.