John Candy Quotes

• As long as you can savor the humorous aspect of misery and misfortune, you can overcome anything.

  John Candy

  Humorous, Long, Overcoming

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• I'm a mog: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!

  John Candy

  Dog, Men, Half

  "Fictional character: Barf". "Spaceballs", www.imdb.com. 1987.

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• Six bucks and my right nut says we're not landing in Chicago.

  John Candy

  Nuts, Chicago, Bucks

  "Fictional character: Del Griffith". "Planes, Trains & Automobiles", www.imdb.com. November 25, 1987.

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• If you're not happy without it, you'll never be happy with it.

  John Candy

  Not Happy, Ifs

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• You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.

  John Candy

  Hurt, Real, Thinking

  "Fictional character: Del Griffith". "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", 1987.

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• Hey, I stopped smoking cigarettes. Isn't that something? I'm on to cigars now. I'm on to a five-year plan. I eliminated cigarettes, then I go to cigars, then I go to pipes, then I go to chewing tobacco, then I'm on to that nicotine gum

  John Candy

  Years, Smoking, Hey

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• Wherever you go in the world, you just have to say you're Canadian and people laugh

  John Candy

  People, Laughing, World

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• I thought to myself, "Join the army!" It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.

  John Candy

  Army, Stripes, Pounds

  "Fictional character: Dewey Oxburger (Ox)". "Stripes", www.imdb.com. June 26, 1981.

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• You know, the finest line a man will walk is between success at work and success at home.

  John Candy

  Home, Men, Lines

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• Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.

  John Candy

  Orange, Three, Want

  "Fictional character: Burton Mercer". "The Blues Brothers", www.imdb.com. 1980.

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• I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

  John Candy

  Character, Thinking, Actors

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Like your job. Love your wife.

  John Candy

  Jobs, Love You, Wife

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• I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.

  John Candy

  Exercise, Healthy, Weight

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• I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

  John Candy

  Mirrors, Looks

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• You can escape into a character.

  John Candy

  Character

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• I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself.

  John Candy

  Watches, Critical

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• I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

  John Candy

  Tonight, Shows, Intimidated

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