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.”
ALAN KINGIf you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
More Alan King Quotes
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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Then, of course, you’re hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.
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Modesty is not one of my virtues.
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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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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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody?
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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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I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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I always plan dinner first thing in the morning.
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One morning, I poured the apple juice into the specimen tube. The nurse held it up and said, ‘It’s a little cloudy.’ I took the tube from her and said, ‘Let me run it through again,’ and drank it. The nurse fainted.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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