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Quotes of the Day for 24 January 2005 - Johnny Carson

John William Carson was born at Corning, Iowa on 23 October, 1925 and died yesterday at his home in Malibu, California. Carson grew up at Norfolk, Nebraska, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, worked in radio, was a writer for Red Skelton, and hosted various television game shows. In 1962 he was picked to take over The Tonight Show from Jack Paar and hosted it until retiring thirty years and some 5,000 entertaining hours later. His first guest was Groucho Marx, his last was Bette Middler. He considered David Letterman his "rightful successor", but NBC gave the job to Jay Leno. During retirement, Carson has kept up with the news, sailed, made the occasional cameo appearance, and wrote the occasional joke which he sent to Letterman to use in his opening monologue. He made millions happy by knowing how to get others to talk. I have to end this with a quote from Ed McMahon, "Heeeere's Johnny!"

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?"

Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die.

People will pay more to be entertained than educated.

Adults ask questions as a child does. When you stop wondering, you might as well put your rocker on the front porch and call it a day.
     - All from Johnny Carson, 1925 - 2005

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