I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
ALAN KINGBanks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
More Alan King Quotes
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When I read Dickens for the first time, I thought he was Jewish, because he wrote about oppression and bigotry, all the things that my father talked about.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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When I was in the hospital they gave me apple juice every morning, even after I told them I didn’t like it. I had to get even.
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My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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My mother’s sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.
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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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