Red Skelton Quotes

Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.
Red Skelton

Funny, Ask, Run

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.
Red Skelton

Marriage, Men, Mistakes

If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
Red Skelton

Smile, Heart, Feeling

No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you forget it for a few seconds.
Red Skelton

Forget, May, Matter

Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
Red Skelton

Sad, Life, Happiness

Congress: Bingo with billions.
Red Skelton

Congress, Bingo, Billions

I personally believe we were put here to build and not to destroy.
Red Skelton

Put, Here, Build

I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.
Red Skelton

Long, Laugh, Nuts

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
Red Skelton

Happiness, Care, Cannot

God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being.
Red Skelton

Happiness, God, Children

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics.
Red Skelton

Friends, Golf, Run

I left home because I was hungry.
Red Skelton

Home, Left, Hungry

His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad.
Red Skelton

Time, Death, Sad

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: July 18, 1913

Died: September 17, 1997

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