Norman Wisdom famous quotes

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Funny #Birthday #Memories

But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Work #Lucky #Harder

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry
-- Norman Wisdom

#Funny #Witty #Sorry

I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Ideas #Ghouls #Want

There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Fun #Mistake #Fall

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Children #Three #Needs

All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Boyhood #Wanted

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Childhood #Consistency #Want

I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Fall #Found #Easier

My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Shoes #Hair #Lines

I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Army #Boys #Lucky

I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Fun #Goes On #Crowds

I owe everything to the army.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Army #Stewardship

Such is life and life is such and after all it isn't much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Might #Firsts #Life Is

I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they like to put their own ideas forward.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Heart #Ideas #People

I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Laughing #Communism #Reason

I do play drums when I'm on tour.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Play

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Play #Piano #Horny

I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Music #Boys #Taught

I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Simple #Long #Want

It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Nice #Laurels #Laurel And Hardy

It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Nice #Smashing #Chaps

In fact, one was so booked out we went from March and were to go till November, but the pantomime was booked so they transferred the show to the Prince of Wales Theatre because it was so packed out, and it ran on from there.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Theatre #Facts #November

You know I've got a chum, a smashing mate, he's got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. It's true, yeah, because at nighttime he has to take it out for a drag.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Dog #Legs #Night Time

I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Tired #School #Home

At my age, the radiation will probably do me good.
-- Norman Wisdom

#Age #Radiation