Wayne Newton Quotes
Born: April 3, 1942
Wayne Newton, the legendary entertainer known as Mr. Las Vegas, offers a unique brand of wisdom born from a lifetime on stage and in the spotlight. Beyond his velvet voice and iconic performances, Newton’s philosophy is grounded in resilience, gratitude, and the art of perseverance. His quotes resonate because they spring from real experience—navigating success, loss, and reinvention with unwavering optimism. He teaches that true wealth lies in character, that every setback is a setup for a comeback, and that joy is a deliberate choice. Newton’s legacy is not just entertainment, but a masterclass in living with grace and grit.
Wayne Newton Quotes (28)
"You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money."
— Wayne Newton"You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth."
— Wayne Newton"But one man never laughed. He was a giant among men. He was Bobby Darin and he was my friend."
— Wayne Newton"I love taking chances."
— Wayne Newton"When I die, I'd like to come back as a cello."
— Wayne Newton"When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life."
— Wayne Newton"I played Vegas at the age of 16 years old, in 1959."
— Wayne Newton"Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened."
— Wayne Newton"I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs."
— Wayne Newton"One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration."
— Wayne Newton"Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen."
— Wayne Newton"When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends."
— Wayne Newton"There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me."
— Wayne Newton"Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before."
— Wayne Newton"I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names."
— Wayne Newton"I've always had great faith in people."
— Wayne Newton"I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance."
— Wayne Newton"If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today."
— Wayne Newton"I don't really believe in regrets."
— Wayne Newton"There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself."
— Wayne Newton"When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show."
— Wayne Newton"I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old."
— Wayne Newton"When you think about those of us that live the life that we want to live, we can thank absolutely and completely our men and women in uniform. Because if it were not for them, we wouldn't enjoy the freedoms that we have."
— Wayne Newton"Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it."
— Wayne Newton"I'm better off working as opposed to lying around."
— Wayne Newton"On any given night - there are nights that you feel better. There are nights that you are vocally better. There are nights that you are not as vocally good. No question about it."
— Wayne Newton"All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin."
— Wayne Newton"Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian."
— Wayne Newton