Marriage is nature’s way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
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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We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator…
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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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Let’s face it: It’s difficult enough to be funny without worrying about what is going to offend whom.
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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 just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.
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The other day my house caught fire.
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There’s a charm, there’s a rhythm, there’s a soul to Jewish humor.
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Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.
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My son says I never tell stories about anyone who’s living.
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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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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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If you want to read about love and marriage, you’ve got to buy two separate books.
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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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There’s nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.
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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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