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.”
ALAN KINGBanks 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?
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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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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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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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