There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
ALAN KINGMarriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
More Alan King Quotes
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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I don’t mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.
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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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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.”
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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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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