From the time I was a little kid, I was always shy. Performing was when I was outgoing. So I guess I… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I'm often asked, "What is your favorite moment during the 30 years you hosted [The Tonight Show]?" I really don't have just… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I never analyze it. Analyzing it would just be a waste of time. I just go out and do it. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Everybody I meet in public seems to want to audition for me. If I ask a guy what time it is, he'll… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Audiences have proved time and again that they don't want a steady diet of any entertainer airing his social views - especially… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
There comes a time or a moment when you know in which direction you're going to go. I know it happened to… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I loved the towns I grew up in as a boy, and after I became a celebrity, I went back several times.… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that computer speeds are measured in nanoseconds and picoseconds - one billionth and one trillionth of a second, respectively… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I have no use for eight houses, 88 cars and 500 suits. I can't eat but one steak at a time. I… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready.… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
It's silly to have as one's sole object in life just making money, accumulating wealth. I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
The only issue cash presents you is the independence of not stressing about funds. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I can empathize with President [George Bush]. I know what it feels like having a young guy waiting around for you to keel over. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
From the time I was a little kid, I was always shy. Performing was when I was outgoing. So I guess I am a… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
I'm often asked, "What is your favorite moment during the 30 years you hosted [The Tonight Show]?" I really don't have just one. The… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Money gives me just one big thing that's really important, and that's the freedom of not having to worry about money. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan just signed the new tax law. But I think he was in Hollywood too long. He signed it, 'Best wishes, Ronald Reagan.' — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image