Sid Caesar Quotes

• 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 words and comedy of Sid Caesar" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2014.

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

  Sid Caesar

  Inspirational, Good Life, Positivity

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• If you can't stand yourself, neither can anybody else!

  Sid Caesar

  Psychics, Empowerment, Ifs

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• The best thing about humour is that it shows people they are not alone.

  Sid Caesar

  Witty, People, Humour

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• The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

  Sid Caesar

  Funny, Stories, Dull

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Jazz is a beautiful woman whose older brother is a policeman.

  Sid Caesar

  Music, Beautiful, Brother

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• 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

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  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 words and comedy of Sid Caesar" by Lisa Respers France, February 12, 2014.

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• 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

  Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

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• 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

  "THEATER; Sid Caesar: Ich Speaken German at Met". Interview, www.nytimes.com. 1987.

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• Every language has its own music.

  Sid Caesar

  Language

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• If I don't believe it, I don't care.

  Sid Caesar

  Believe, Care, Ifs

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• 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

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  "Sid Caesar's Comic Legacy". Interview With Joel Siegel, abcnews.go.com.

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• If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.

  Sid Caesar

  Song, Language, Minutes

  "The words and comedy of Sid Caesar" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2014.

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• 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

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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, Needs, Half

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.

  Sid Caesar

  Fun, Comedy, Made

  "The words and comedy of Sid Caesar" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2014.

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