And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
ALAN KINGMy 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.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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Banks have a new image. Now you have ‘a friend,’ your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?
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When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, ‘You’re doing a Jewish act.’
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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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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When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.
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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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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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