And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
ALAN KINGEating 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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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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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 son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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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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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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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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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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