Quotes by Jerry Lewis
- Other people - they practice and they practice... these fingers of mine, they got brains in 'em. You don't tell them what to do - they do it. God given talent.
- Either be hot or cold. If you are lukewarm, the Lord will spew you forth from His mouth.
- When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to remember me simply for my music.
- You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven... I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian!
- If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.
- Hippies? Why, I'm the original.
- I'm a rompin', stompin', piano playing son of a bitch. A mean son of a bitch.
- Y'know, there's nothin' like tearing up a good club now and then.
- I've had great success being a total idiot.
- I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.
- I get paid for what most kids get punished for.
- Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!
- 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.
- A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.
- Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands.
- When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.