Ed McMahon Quotes

I'm one of these people who couldn't imagine the future. The future never occurred to me. I just loved life every day.

I don't plan, because everything goes against my plans anyways. There's absolutely no point in planning anything. I'm just enjoying the moment. I'm meeting with a whole lot of people - casting directors, directors, agents. I have things going on everywhere, but I have no solid plans.

I'm a day-to-day-type person.

The world is full of challenges, but with those come opportunity, and I'm an opportunist.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.

I take whatever good part comes along.

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

I'm an incurable optimist, and I'm a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

With any entertainment business, you sort of have to be OK with just going with it. I've learned very much to just go with the flow and see what happens with my life, and what happens happens.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

I just try and make the best of my situation and where I'm at.

I am not a person who plans things in advance.

No matter the amount of negativity you're presented with, five minutes from now could be your best moment.

I like to think that today is the best day of my life and tomorrow will be the next best day of my life. And if you think that way, you're living for the beauty of today.

Fun is only possible if you have a mindset that allows it.

I don't really think too far ahead, usually.

I don't care what the depth chart is. I don't care what I'm on. I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to seize every opportunity that I get, because that's the most important thing.

I take all the opportunities that come my way and I am thankful that I have them.

I have a great amount of respect for life, and I always think that no matter how bad situations get, you can always make something out of it.

I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he's gonna do tomorrow and I'm just happy to wake up to see who's hanging around. Mick's rock and I'm roll.

If I have any attribute that serves me well, it's I don't have a long-range plan in life. I have no idea. I just don't look ahead, I really don't. You know when people get out of college and they're talking about their five-year plan. Five-year plan? I got a plan to get to Friday.