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34 quotes by Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis AM ChLD (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. Lewis is also...
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I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that... →

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I've had great success being a total idiot.

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I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door... →

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Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.

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I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them.

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Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything.

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Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

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Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of... →

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From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was 21, I've taken them on everything from clay... →

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I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.

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We're leaving the House to people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth... or couldn't get better jobs in the first place.

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It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the wildest laboratory in... →

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I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have and I never will. I'm an entertainer for 75 years.

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