His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad.
More Quotes from Red Skelton:
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.Red Skelton
If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
Red Skelton
Today's comics use four-letter words as a shortcut to thinking. They're shooting for that big laugh and it becomes a panic thing, using four-letter words to shock people.
Red Skelton
I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.
Red Skelton
It proves what they say, give the public what they want to see and they'll come out for it.
Red Skelton
I don't want to be called 'the greatest' or 'one of the greatest' let other guys claim to be the best. I just want to be known as a clown because to me that's the height of my profession. It means you can do everything-sing, dance, and above all, make people laugh.
Red Skelton
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Death & Dying Quotes, Sadness QuotesBased on Keywords: wynn
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
John Greenleaf Whittier
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
Abe Lemons
To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
Philip Massinger