We set no styles, no standards. We’re reflections. It’s a distorted mirror in the fun house.
ALAN KINGMy brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn’t let him cut my nails.
More Alan King Quotes
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I won’t eat in a place that has suits of armor.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing.
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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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An old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: ‘Don’t end up like me.
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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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As life’s pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs.
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For me, that wasn’t such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time.
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It’s not easy being a father, but I’ve been allowed a comeback.
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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 world is full of little dictators trying to run your life.
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I didn’t know we were poor until I started giving interviews.
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We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
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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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Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn’t know fluffy. Everything sank.
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