Merv Griffin Quotations

Unless it's an emergency, don't bother me after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends.

She had the brashness of her comedy, but in her personal life there was such a sweetness. Sweetness, that's what I remember about her,

I'm sick. I just got a call from Brereton Jones, the former governor of Kentucky. He said that everybody is so down about this because they thought this horse was so good for racing. It's not life or death. It's just a hair fracture. But it took my breath away when I heard the news.

The success of those two shows, ratings-wise and monetarily, are mind-boggling. I mean, each show has got to have brought in over a couple of billion dollars each in revenues.

It's an amazing story. I looked at her on the screen and said, 'My God! It's Gilda.

They were very private people. Gene approved the idea (for the television movie) but he didn't want to be involved. He said it would be too difficult for him.

I picked her because she knew the whole alphabet. She is America's sweetheart.

If you make the customer a promise... make sure you deliver it.

Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything.

I tell everybody that I’m a quatre-sexual. I will do anything with anybody for a quarter.

I will not be back after these messages

I've outlived all my diet doctors.

That my business success is equal to my personal life.

That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.

As a mentalist, perhaps only Orson Wells was in Jason's league. After a career in television, Randal has my endorsement. He's simply the best I've ever seen!

Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse.

Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.

Unless it's an emergency, don't bother me after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends.

It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.