Quote #9

We didn't exactly starve, but we were pretty poor when I was growing up. I remember thinking, Oh gosh, if I could just make thirty dollars a month to help with the rent, that would be fabulous. So perhaps I envied performers when I heard that Bing Crosby made twenty dollars a minute.

More from Carol Burnett

  1. This is to explain just how your mom turned out to be the kind of hairpin she is.
  2. When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
  3. I liked myself better when I wasn't me.
  4. Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
  5. I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.
  6. I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
  7. Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
  8. Comedy is tragedy plus time.

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