Jonathan Harshman Winters III (b.1925) was an American comedian, actor, author, and artist. Beginning in 1960, Winters recorded many classic comedy albums for the Verve Records label. He also had records released every decade for over 50 years, receiving 11 nominations for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album during his career and winning a Grammy Award for Best Album for Children for his contribution to an adaptation of The Little Prince in 1975 and the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for Crank Calls in 1996.
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I couldn’t wait for success… so I went ahead without it.
—Jonathan Winters
Topics: Success & Failure, Success
If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.
—Jonathan Winters
Life is a shit sandwich. But if you’ve got enough bread, you don’t taste the shit.
—Jonathan Winters
Topics: Life
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