Carol Burnett

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#around #ask #asked #earn #even

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these? ↗

— Carol Burnett

#false #i #like #teeth #these

Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#called #came #guess #i #i came

We don't stop going to school when we graduate. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#going #graduate #school #stop

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#once #own #printed #their #words

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#education #falling #go #helps #itself

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#forcing #giving #head #like #lip

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#celebrity #coming #everything #go #go away

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#i love #joke #jokes #just #listen

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#fish #i #meat #much #poultry