Milton Berle Quotes

Milton Berle was an American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age.

✵ 12. July 1908 – 27. March 2002
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Famous Milton Berle Quotes

“You don't need to travel, laughter is an instant vacation”

Milton Berle

Variant: Laughter is an instant vacation.

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door”

Milton Berle

Variant: If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.

“I'm 83, and I feel like a 20-year-old, but unfortunately there's never one around.”

Milton Berle

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“All I can say is at 82, if I had it to live over again, I'd live it the same, sweet — or not so sweet — way. At 82, I feel like a 20-year-old. But unfortunately, there's never one around.”

Milton Berle

Source: At his 82nd birthday party, as quoted in "Uncle Miltie's Birthday Bash" by the Associated Press, The Journal-News (July 13, 1990), p. 3

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