Buddy Hackett Quotes

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• Once when I was golfing in Georgia, I hooked the ball into the swamp. I went in after it and found an alligator wearing a…
• If it's dirty, it's not funny, but if it's funny, it's not dirty.
• I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they…
• As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
• I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You know why? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.
• Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much.
• At the Sahara, the seats are banked and most of the audience is looking down at the stage. Everybody in the business knows: Up for…
• I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It…
• I've had a good day when I don't fall out of the cart.
• A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle.
• There have always been mixed emotions about Howard Cosell: Some people hate him like poison, and other people just hate him regular.
• What makes a comedian has nothing to do with religion. Think of Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, who were all Catholics.
• When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
• Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the…
• You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read…
• Why should I be angry at someone when they are out dancing?
• Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying the grudge, the other guys's out there dancing.
• I was born to be funny.
• A comic, you have to be looking down at him. My favorite rooms, the audience is above the stage, stadium-style.
• I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.

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