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Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Carson Quotes will inspire and resonate with you. Carson Quotes

Steve Rushin

I had started writing for ‘Sports Illustrated,’ which was really my dream job growing up. But the writing probably read like I was auditioning to write for ‘Letterman’ or ’70s-era Carson.

– Steve Rushin

Steve Rushin

I remember seeing Letterman do stand-up on ‘The Tonight Show.’ Or, it’s probably more accurate to say, I remember hearing him do stand-up, because the Carson show existed mainly as sound leaking under my bedroom door at night. I’d hear Johnny telling jokes and my dad laughing at them.

– Steve Rushin

Sallie Patrick

I was watching Johnny Carson when I was way too young to be awake that late.

– Sallie Patrick

Roseanne Barr

After my 1985 appearance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,’ I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they wanted to turn my act into a sitcom.

– Roseanne Barr

Pete Holmes

Yeah, I had a talk show canceled. Okay, let’s go back to the list of people who had talk shows canceled. Johnny Carson had his first talk show canceled. Jon Stewart. Letterman. Conan O’Brien, if you look at ‘The Tonight Show’ as a show that got canceled.

– Pete Holmes

Paul F Tompkins

The old Johnny Carson ‘Tonight Show’ was great in that he was so good with the guests, and it was not about him. I think he was very smart in realizing ‘I have plenty of screentime on this show. I do my monologue and we do sketches and stuff like that.’ During the interview, he really made it about trying to bring the best thing out of the guest.

– Paul F Tompkins

Norm Crosby

A young comic, if he’s any good, can easily get on ‘Carson’ or ‘Griffin’ or ‘Dinah Shore,’ because they want to say the same thing, that they discovered the new talent.

– Norm Crosby

Nick Foles

Carson Wentz, he’s always continuing to improve.

– Nick Foles

Nicholas Kristof

If I wanted a circus ringmaster, I’d hire Trump. If I wanted advice on brain surgery or hospital management, I’d turn to Carson. Fiorina would make an articulate television pundit. But for president?

– Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Kristof

Dr. Ben Carson has the most moving personal narrative in modern presidential politics. His mother, one of 24 children, had only a third-grade education. She was married at age 13, bore Ben and his brother, and then raised the boys as an impoverished single mother in Detroit. As a young boy, Carson was a terrible student.

– Nicholas Kristof

Neal Brennan

Steve Allen was on Johnny Carson one time – I looked for it, but I couldn’t find it – and he read the lyrics to ‘Hot Stuff’ by Donna Summer like a poet. He read them very seriously. I was maybe 8, but it killed me.

– Neal Brennan

Natalie Merchant

It’s funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn’t afford my rent.

– Natalie Merchant

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