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 KINGIf you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
More Alan King Quotes
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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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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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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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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