Carson Quotes

"If Carson was an actor, he`d understand why I have to be away on sets and that if I have to kiss another guy in a movie, I do it. He`d read the tabloids that I was with Ashton Kutcher, but that was a bunch of bull. Then, I started reading he was with a stripper, and that wasn`t true. You start tripping on each other for no reason. It makes you crazy." - about part of why she and ex-fiancéé MTV VJ Carson Daly split up.

Jay Leno is wonderful and a good friend, but it will always be the Carson show to a lot of people.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

I`m not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can`t go out and get messed up, he can`t smoke in front of kids - he`s the face of MTV, and he has to be good. But me? I can.

If Carson was an actor, he`d understand why I have to be away on sets and that if I have to kiss another guy in a movie, I do it. He`d read the tabloids that I was with Ashton Kutcher, but that was a bunch of bull. Then, I started reading he was with a stripper, and that wasn`t true. You start tripping on each other for no reason. It makes you crazy. - about part of why she and ex-fiancéé MTV VJ Carson Daly split up.

If it weren`t for Johnny (Johnny Carson), I`d have no career.

Johnny Carson, when he and Joanna split after many years of marriage, everybody had it on news. That`s big news when big stars have a problem.

I was on the Johnny Carson show, I believe 114 or 104 times. And aside from those times on the air, I never spoke to him. I never met him.

I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.

When I saw Carson Palmer go down, I knew he was done. I didn`t think of anything other than his injury. Nothing about the Pro Bowl.

She went because it had been talked about so much by Johnny Carson and Bob Hope.

He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson.

Out all of these zillions of letters, one of the first ones that came was, as it turned out from Johnny Carson within the last five or six weeks of his life. I had worked with him. He lost a son who had worked for me.

Our position dictates toughness. It`s an honor to be a Carson linebacker.

On Johnny Carson: Johnny Carson is a comedian who is seen every night in millions of bedrooms all over America...and that`s why his last wife left him.

On Joey Bishop: Most people think of Joey Bishop as just a replacement for Johnny Carson. That`s NOT true. We in show business know better: we don`t think of him at ALL.

What do you think Willy? (To Willy Carson)

Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues.

According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.

Carson City`s downtown will soon benefit from a variety of improvements ... most importantly, a pedestrian-friendly design.

Ultimately, we`re building a new sense of place in the town we`ve called home for many generations. We know that Carson City residents, business owners and employees have opinions about the future of Carson City`s downtown area, and we want to hear the suggestions and put them into action.

The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges.

Obviously, it`s good to still be here. Now it`s a matter of finding ways to contribute any way I can. I`ll try to help Carson out whenever I can, and I get a chance to learn from Jon and Carson. I want to get better. This is what I do. I love to do it. I work as hard as I can, and I`m just fortunate.

Carson could save Ireland and make Ireland

Carson hasn`t lost a step. He looks like he`s picking up right where he left off in 2004.

Hank Paulson has cast his lot with radical greens and their crusade against the global economy. If he?s not careful, he?s going to match Rachel Carson?s record for spreading death and destruction in the developing world.

(On why "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) avoided controversial topics) "I think it would be a fatal mistake to use my show as a platform for controversial issues. I`m an entertainer, not a commentator. If you`re a comedian your job is to make people laugh."