Sid Caesar famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.
-- Sid Caesar

#Inspirational #Good Life #Positivity
Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
-- Sid Caesar

#Laughter #Integrity #Humor
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
-- Sid Caesar

#Funny #Work #Creativity
The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
-- Sid Caesar

#Funny #Stories #Dull
People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'
-- Sid Caesar

#Thank You #Laughter #People
Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool.
-- Sid Caesar

#Goal #Fool #Want
If you have no tragedy, you have no comedy. Crying and laughing are the same emotion. If you laugh too hard, you cry. And vice versa.
-- Sid Caesar

#Laughter #Laughing #Tragedy
A great NOW will be a great WAS! A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope for is a Great GONNA BE!
-- Sid Caesar

#Hope #Evil #Excellence
The best thing about humour is that it shows people they are not alone.
-- Sid Caesar

#Witty #People #Humour
If I don't believe it, I don't care.
-- Sid Caesar

#Believe #Care
After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove.
-- Sid Caesar

#Years #Half #Needs
If you can't stand yourself, neither can anybody else!
-- Sid Caesar

#Psychics #Empowerment
When I did comedy I made fun of myself.If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, 'Gee, that's like Uncle David', or 'That's like a friend of mine'. And they related through that. I didn't make fun of them. I made fun of me.
-- Sid Caesar

#Uncles #Fun #People
The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.
-- Sid Caesar

#Kids #Pie #Rude
Every language has its own music.
-- Sid Caesar

#Language
When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.
-- Sid Caesar

#Fun #Comedy #Made
Jazz is a beautiful woman whose older brother is a policeman.
-- Sid Caesar

#Music #Beautiful #Brother
If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.
-- Sid Caesar

#Song #Language #Minutes

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