Benny Quotes

41 quotes by 33 authors

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill. — Julie Burchill
My old friend Jack Benny has only had one ball all his golfing life. And now he's lost it. The string came off! — Bob Hope
Everybody is afraid they won't have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it with him. He had his… — Bob Hope
Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost. — Harold C. Schonberg
For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us. — Avery Brooks
Since the advent of Benny Goodman, there have been too few clarinetists to fill the void that Goodman left. Ken Peplowski is most certainly one… — Mel Torme
When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as though the strings are still in the cat. — Fred Allen
Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as… — Bob Newhart
I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice. — Phil Hartman
My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing. — Don Knotts
I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing.… — Bob Newhart
Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a… — Abbey Lincoln
Hell man, I know very well you didn't come to me only to want to become a writer, and after all what do I really… — Jack Kerouac
I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings. — Dwayne Hickman
I have a very strong visual memory of the first time I made him laugh. That was remarkable. I was like, "Oh, God, I just… — Harry Shearer
I always used to sit next to Mel Blanc when we'd do the shows. When you have Jack Benny on one side and Mel Blanc… — Harry Shearer
When ABBA broke up, I assumed our music would fall into oblivion so in the early 90's with BJRN AGAIN becoming popular and when U2… — Bjorn Ulvaeus
I'd make Jack Benny look like a philanthropist. — Gilbert Gottfried
I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny. — Joan Collins

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