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.”
ALAN KINGAn old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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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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