One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
ALAN KINGI don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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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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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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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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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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