I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
ALAN KINGEverything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
More Alan King Quotes
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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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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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex.
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My father was a dreamer – my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady’s handbags.
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