One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
ALAN KINGYou want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
More Alan King Quotes
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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My father helped me leave. He said, ‘It’s all out there, it’s not here.’
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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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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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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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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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