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.
ALAN KINGAs life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
More Alan King Quotes
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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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I made it, Ma – Carnegie Hall. And I didn’t have to practice.
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As a parent, I’d – I’d be a better father.
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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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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!
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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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I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.
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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.
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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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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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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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I was a high school throw-out.
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