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 KINGYou want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
More Alan King Quotes
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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My lawyer said, “Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?” I said, “Fire and theft.” The lawyer frowned. “Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.”
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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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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