Book Quote by Bob Hope

Jack Benny was a very warm person and a very appreciative person.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

When I was young kid, I used to watch Jack Benny, and I thought the minimal aspect of what he did was revelatory. I…

— Jeffrey Tambor

I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings.

— Dwayne Hickman

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.

— Don Knotts

Jack Benny had style from the beginning. He stood straight and walked kind of sideways as if he were being gently shoved by a…

— William Saroyan

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

— Lee Konitz

Listening to Benny [Goodman] talk about the clarinet was like listening to a surgeon get hung up on a scalpel.

— Artie Shaw

I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.

— John Prine

Sounded like girls. Mixed feelings on that score. He didn't despise them with the same passion he used to. In fact, Benny suspected that…

— Eoin Colfer

I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny,…

— Bernie Mac

I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing…

— Snoop Dogg

“My brother was one of the bigger influences in my life, in as much as he told me I didn't have to read the…

— David Bowie