Modesty is not one of my virtues.
ALAN KINGWe get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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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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Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it’s hard to turn away.
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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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One thing I’ve never said in my whole life is, ‘Let’s have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.’
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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That’s the great thing about New Year’s, you get to be a year older.
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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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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