When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I’m going to have for dinner or I can’t get through the day.
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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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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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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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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I had a sympathetic role in ‘thirtysomething,’ and in two weeks I’m going to do the role again.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore’s program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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The world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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It’s more fun with someone who really likes it. I can’t imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.
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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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The ability to absorb a book and make someone else’s words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage.
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