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41 Benny quotes by 33 unique 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
I love Benny Hill. He one of my favourites of aaall time. Like, the way Benny did it, he was just amazing. Just seeing how… — Snoop Dogg
I love getting on You Tube to look at the old comics. I am in my element seeing guys like Jack Benny and Phil Silvers… — Bruce Forsyth
When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in. — Bob Hope
I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain. — Seth MacFarlane
These stories seem at times to be stories of a long-lost world when the city of New York was still filled with a river light,… — John Cheever

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