Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
– Red Skelton
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
– Red Skelton
If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
– Red Skelton
I left home because I was hungry.
– Red Skelton
His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad.
– Red Skelton
God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being.
– Red Skelton
Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.
– Red Skelton
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.