“ Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that. Carol Burnett
“ Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman doing the dentist sketch, which is more than 40 years old, and not scream with laughter. Carol Burnett
“ I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking. Carol Burnett
“ My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away. Carol Burnett
“ It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. Carol Burnett
“ I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me. Carol Burnett
“ My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run. Carol Burnett
“ I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 music… Carol Burnett
“ You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself. Carol Burnett
“ My grandmother and I would go see movies, and we'd come back to the apartment - we had a one-room apartment in Hollywood - and I would kind of lock myself in this little dressing room area with a crac… Carol Burnett
“ Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and… Carol Burnett
“ I have always grown from my problems and challenges from the things that don't work out. That's when I've really learned. Carol Burnett
“ I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh. Carol Burnett
