If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
ALAN KINGMy 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.”
More Alan King Quotes
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Now that’s better than sex, but only if the salami is thickly sliced.
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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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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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I was a high school throw-out.
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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 favorite way to spend Saturday is in and out of bed, watching sports on TV and eating.
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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or ‘stage’ Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.
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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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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