Rest in Peace Jerry Lewis - 10 Quotes

Jerry Lewis passed away yesterday. Jerry was a very well-known comedian and entertainer and was perhaps most known for his Jerry Lewis telethon that ran over 40 years and raised millions of dollars for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In honour of Mr. Lewis, here are 10 quotes from the man himself.

1. "I don't want to be remembered. I want the nice words when I can hear them."

2. "I've had great success being a total idiot."

3. "I get paid for what most kids get punished for."

4. "It'll keep you alive for another 10 years if you get yourself a laugh once a day: either provoke it, or look around in the wildest laboratory in the world, the public."

5. "Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything."

6. "Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands."

7. "I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key, there is no lock, and there is no door.'"

8. "I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already. "

9. "I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope. "

10. "I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct."

Rest in Peace Jerry Lewis.

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