Soupy Sales Quotes

Soupy Sales

Profession : Comedian

Birth : January 8, 1926

If someone throws a pie at you, it's gotta stick. It's gotta be gooey. So you use a whipped cream pie. And if it's shaving cream, you can wipe it off. I can clean up in 14 seconds.

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One woman wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission complaining that I was teaching kids to steal.

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I've always been a big fan of pie.

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They offered me $1,500 to do a week of 'The Golden Girls.' Can you imagine that? A big show with a big budget, and they pay you nothing.

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I've lived in L.A., Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati but New York is the best.

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I've seen eras come and go.

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A lot of people grew up watching me.

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Show me a judge that knits and I'll show you a gavel that'll unravel.

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First they'd pronouce my last name Soupman, and then I was Soup-bone and then Soupy.

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Groucho, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis it was incredible. It's a thrill to work with people like that, to say 'I know them. They're my friends.'

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Very few people have been around as long as I have and are still working. They come and go, but I always work. It's what I'm about.

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It's nice to be a part of somebody's life.

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I don't use four-letter words. I'm not looking for shock.

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When I do my daily television show or a guest shot on the 'Sullivan Show,' I look at it as a challenge. I want to do the best I can and I find this challenge rewarding and stimulating.

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As long as you're happy and have a roof over your mouth, you're in great shape.

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Nobody ever retires in our business. You might not work as much, but who's going to turn down a great part working all the time?

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Although I've never been to a psychiatrist, I think I've probably been analyzed as much as any person in the United States.

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Whenever I meet someone, the topic of conversation always winds around to the question: 'how do you explain your success?' Well, I have no magic formula and no dark secrets, except I really enjoy my work. I love every moment of it and I think it shows.

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I've been in show business for parts of six decades.

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Show me a man who keeps a pipe in his back pocket, and I'll show you a man who burns his britches behind him.

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