For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
ALAN KINGWhen 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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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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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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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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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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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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