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Top 20 Carl Reiner Quotes (2025 Update)

Carl Reiner Quote: “Lust is easy. Love is hard. Life is most important.”

1. “Lust is easy. Love is hard. Life is most important.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I am an atheist. I have a very different take on who God is. Man invented God because he needed him. God is us.”

2. “I am an atheist. I have a very different take on who God is. Man invented God because he needed him. God is us.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “Inviting people to laugh with you while you are laughing at yourself is a good thing to do. You may be a fool but you’re the fool in charge.”

3. “Inviting people to laugh with you while you are laughing at yourself is a good thing to do. You may be a fool but you’re the fool in charge.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”

4. “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”

— Carl Reiner

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Carl Reiner Quote: “The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.”

5. “The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “Give yourself an impossible task and solve it – then you’ve got a really good story.”

6. “Give yourself an impossible task and solve it – then you’ve got a really good story.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I only please myself. I figure I’m just one of many people. I’m not that different from anybody else and I don’t have great language – I’m very ordinary.”

7. “I only please myself. I figure I’m just one of many people. I’m not that different from anybody else and I don’t have great language – I’m very ordinary.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience.”

8. “Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “You’d only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you’d write about them or the people you have met casually. It’s part of your life.”

9. “You’d only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you’d write about them or the people you have met casually. It’s part of your life.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I write books that way – I put a first line down and say, “Where does this go?””

10. “I write books that way – I put a first line down and say, “Where does this go?””

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I’ve done everything I’ve wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I’ve directed movies, I’ve done almost everything I’ve wanted to do.”

11. “I’ve done everything I’ve wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I’ve directed movies, I’ve done almost everything I’ve wanted to do.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.”

12. “My father was a watchmaker and an inventor. I saw him working in the house every day. The work ethic, I got from him. He worked hard and he never complained about it.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I’m not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I know about God, and one is that he is allergic to shellfish. There are far too many commandments and you really only need one: Do not hurt anybody.”

13. “I’m not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I know about God, and one is that he is allergic to shellfish. There are far too many commandments and you really only need one: Do not hurt anybody.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “When you denigrate people, they have two ways to fight back – with their fists and guns, or their mouths. And mouths are seemingly the easiest way to not get hit back. If people are laughing, they’re not going to hit you.”

14. “When you denigrate people, they have two ways to fight back – with their fists and guns, or their mouths. And mouths are seemingly the easiest way to not get hit back. If people are laughing, they’re not going to hit you.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I certainly have warm relationships with people, but you choose the people you have those relationships with. There are some people I don’t bother with.”

15. “I certainly have warm relationships with people, but you choose the people you have those relationships with. There are some people I don’t bother with.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I’m an entertainer and I entertain people and they entertain me back by asking questions. And some of them I answer.”

16. “I’m an entertainer and I entertain people and they entertain me back by asking questions. And some of them I answer.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I’m a charming coward; I fight with words.”

17. “I’m a charming coward; I fight with words.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks.”

18. “Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid Caesar, me, and Mel Brooks.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I love tweeting. I tweet every day. I stay in contact, I tell them what I’m doing. I’ve posted pictures of my books on there and they buy the books. It’s a very good way to communicate with people, but I can’t go to bed without tweeting something. I have to tweet something.”

19. “I love tweeting. I tweet every day. I stay in contact, I tell them what I’m doing. I’ve posted pictures of my books on there and they buy the books. It’s a very good way to communicate with people, but I can’t go to bed without tweeting something. I have to tweet something.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “If you can get a laugh out of a name, you’re ahead of the game.”

20. “If you can get a laugh out of a name, you’re ahead of the game.”

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Carl Reiner Quote: “When I found out I could write I was shocked! I didn’t know I could write.”

21. “When I found out I could write I was shocked! I didn’t know I could write.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don’t think you can develop a funny bone – you either have it or you don’t. And by the way – when you get it, we don’t know it.”

22. “A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don’t think you can develop a funny bone – you either have it or you don’t. And by the way – when you get it, we don’t know it.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “An attitude will give you heft.”

23. “An attitude will give you heft.”

— Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner Quote: “I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that – you don’t even know if you’re failing in drama, but you do know when you’re failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don’t hear anybody laughing, you know that you’ve failed.”

24. “I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that – you don’t even know if you’re failing in drama, but you do know when you’re failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don’t hear anybody laughing, you know that you’ve failed.”

— Carl Reiner

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