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

I left home because I was hungry.
Red Skelton

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

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

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

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

Congress: Bingo with billions.
Red Skelton