If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
ALAN KINGLarry 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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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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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up ‘vaudeville’ in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says ‘Milton Berle’ – and he made it just a tremendous party.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
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If you keep yourself alive and current, funny is funny.
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My mother kept the house clean and we ate good.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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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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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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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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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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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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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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I’m only… I’m only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I’m a… I’m just screaming all over the place with joy.
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You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.
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