My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation. Jonathan Winters More Quotes by Jonathan Winters More Quotes From Jonathan Winters Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor. Jonathan Winters cancerheartwar I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps. Jonathan Winters usmcmarinemilitary I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it. Jonathan Winters famous-inspirationalcrazysuccess I have a photographic memory; I just haven't developed it yet. Jonathan Winters recollectionhavensmemories Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it. Jonathan Winters airplanekidsthinking If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. Jonathan Winters motivationalinspirationallife I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces. Jonathan Winters fourmayneeds Now the freaks are on television, the freaks are in the movies. And it's no longer the sideshow, it's the whole show. The colorful circus and the clowns and the elephants, for all intents and purposes, are gone, and we're dealing only with the freaks. Jonathan Winters elephantspurposegone God is in my head, but the devil is in my pants. Jonathan Winters pantsdevilinspirational Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. Jonathan Winters possible-and-impossibleachieving-the-impossiblepossibility Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others. Jonathan Winters aliveinspirechildren When you wear so many hats in society, you never know who you are. That's the beauty of it. Because once you find out who you are, you're screwed. Jonathan Winters hatswho-you-areknows I know you can be funny without being filthy. Jonathan Winters filthyknows As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight. Jonathan Winters doctorsfightingkids I began painting well before I started doing comedy. In fact, when I came out of the war in 1946, I enrolled in art school in Dayton, Ohio. I painted for three years, and then show business took hold. Jonathan Winters warartschool I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended - I ended up doing comedy, writing and painting. I've had a ball. And as I get older, I just become an older kid. Jonathan Winters ballswritingkids I have never pretended to be any kind of super-religious kind of man, but I feel very strongly that you can be funny without being dirty. Jonathan Winters religiousmendirty You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do. Jonathan Winters take-timewatchespeople I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping. Jonathan Winters shoppingmotherchildren I was talking to a businessman, and I said, Don't you think most men are little boys? And he said, I'm no little boy! I make seventy-five thousand dollars a year. And I said, Well, the way I look at it - you just have bigger toys. Jonathan Winters menboysthinking
