My favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
ALAN KINGWe set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
More Alan King Quotes
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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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Banks 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?
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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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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