There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGI’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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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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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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