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?
ALAN KINGYou want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It’s much more fun.
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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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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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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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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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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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The other day my house caught fire.
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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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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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