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Don Rickles quotes: Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones. Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
Don Rickles quotes: People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling. People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.
Don Rickles quotes: To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic. To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
Don Rickles quotes: I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage. I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage.
Don Rickles quotes: I've never gone to comedy clubs. I've never gone to comedy clubs.
Don Rickles quotes: The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson. The man I adored, and miss him terribly, was Johnny Carson.
Don Rickles quotes: Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers. Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my performance. I never had writers.
Don Rickles quotes: Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black. Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.
Don Rickles quotes: Showbiz is great if you're successful. Showbiz is great if you're successful.
Don Rickles quotes: I was in World War II; I cried when they took me in the Navy. That's the last time I cried. I was in World War II; I cried when they took me in the Navy. That's the last time I cried.
Don Rickles quotes: Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel. Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.
Don Rickles quotes: Sex is great, but when you get to be my age, you've got to pace it a little bit. Otherwise you get tired. Sex is great, but when you get to be my age, you've got to pace it a little bit. Otherwise you get tired.
Don Rickles quotes: It takes many years to be a great comedian. It takes many years to be a great comedian.
Don Rickles quotes: When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight. When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight.
Don Rickles quotes: Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap. Eddie Fisher married to Elizabeth Taylor is like me trying to wash the Empire State Building with a bar of soap.
Don Rickles quotes: I never went out looking for glory. I never went out looking for glory.
Don Rickles quotes: The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now. The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
Don Rickles quotes: You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude. You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.
Don Rickles quotes: It's tough having the last name Rickles. Luckily, my kids handled it great. It's tough having the last name Rickles. Luckily, my kids handled it great.
Don Rickles quotes: Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.
Don Rickles quotes: When you do comedy, you can't please the world, although I'd like to think that most of my audiences were on my side. When you do comedy, you can't please the world, although I'd like to think that most of my audiences were on my side.
Don Rickles quotes: I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness. I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.
Don Rickles quotes: I don't like to compare myself with anybody. I don't like to compare myself with anybody.
Don Rickles quotes: My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world. My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world.
Don Rickles quotes: I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book. I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.
Don Rickles quotes: The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor. The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.
Don Rickles quotes: My whole act is off the top of my head. My whole act is off the top of my head.
Don Rickles quotes: I've never had a written script. I've never had a written script.
Don Rickles quotes: My mother was a Jewish General Patton. My mother was a Jewish General Patton.
Don Rickles quotes: I've never had guys sit me down and say this is what you've got to do. It's my personality that makes me one of a kind, and I believe that. I've never had guys sit me down and say this is what you've got to do. It's my personality that makes me one of a kind, and I believe that.
Don Rickles quotes: Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.
Don Rickles quotes: Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest. Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest.
Don Rickles quotes: Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it. Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.
Don Rickles quotes: Some people say funny things, but I say things funny. Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.
Don Rickles quotes: So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be able to talk and laugh and cry together. So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be able to talk and laugh and cry together.
Don Rickles quotes: I was a mother's boy. I was a mother's boy.
Don Rickles quotes: Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore. Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore.
Don Rickles quotes: You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up. You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up.
Don Rickles quotes: Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans. Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.
Don Rickles quotes: When I'm onstage, I'm acting. When I'm onstage, I'm acting.
Don Rickles quotes: I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas. I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas.
Don Rickles quotes: The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island. The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island.
Don Rickles quotes: I do situations and make fun of authority and life. I do situations and make fun of authority and life.
Don Rickles quotes: Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God. Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.
Don Rickles quotes: I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it. I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.
Don Rickles quotes: No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you. No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.
Don Rickles quotes: I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child. I was 28 when my father died, and I was an only child.
Don Rickles quotes: I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket. I can sit all day in a comfortable chair and watch ball games, but I don't need a blanket.
Don Rickles quotes: I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. I have no idea what I'm going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny.
Don Rickles quotes: Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor. Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.
Don Rickles quotes: When you're 18, you're just so busy being scared and having fun - a crazy mixture - that you never thought of dying. When you're 18, you're just so busy being scared and having fun - a crazy mixture - that you never thought of dying.
Don Rickles quotes: I don't really tell a joke per se, I build up an attitude and it becomes a joke. I don't really tell a joke per se, I build up an attitude and it becomes a joke.
Don Rickles quotes: To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled. To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.
Don Rickles quotes: My grandchildren just know me now as Mr. Potato Head. My grandchildren just know me now as Mr. Potato Head.
Don Rickles quotes: It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that. It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
Don Rickles quotes: I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate. I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
Don Rickles quotes: The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know. The average person pushes an elevator button 6 or 7 minutes before realizing it's not working. I did a study on this, you know.
Don Rickles quotes: I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh. I enjoy mixed audiences, not one particular group. Short, tall, scientists, Jews, gentiles, whatever, as long as they breathe and like to laugh.
Don Rickles quotes: I didn't get married until I was 38. I didn't get married until I was 38.
Don Rickles quotes: I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.' I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.'
Don Rickles quotes: I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym. I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym.
Don Rickles quotes: I write my own tweets. I write my own tweets.
Don Rickles quotes: Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics. Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics.
Don Rickles quotes: Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment.
Don Rickles quotes: I want to be a dog, but I'm a pussycat. I want to be a dog, but I'm a pussycat.
Don Rickles quotes: I couldn't sell air conditioners on a 98-degree day. When I demonstrated them in a showroom, I pushed the wrong button and blew the circuit. I couldn't sell air conditioners on a 98-degree day. When I demonstrated them in a showroom, I pushed the wrong button and blew the circuit.
Don Rickles quotes: Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood. Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood.
Don Rickles quotes: If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny. If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.
Don Rickles quotes: When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great. When I first went to Vegas, there were just high-rollers and gamblers and the wise guys treated you great.
Don Rickles quotes: Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.
Don Rickles quotes: I still have drive, but everything is relative. I still have drive, but everything is relative.
Don Rickles quotes: To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.
Don Rickles quotes: I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one. I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
Don Rickles quotes: I've never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt. I've never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt.
Don Rickles quotes: I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day. I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day.
Don Rickles quotes: You know what's funny to me? Attitude. You know what's funny to me? Attitude.
Don Rickles quotes: An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings. An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.
Don Rickles quotes: I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun. I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.
Don Rickles quotes: Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
Don Rickles quotes: Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
Don Rickles quotes: My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss. My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss.
Don Rickles quotes: When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend ... well, a legend, anyhow. When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend ... well, a legend, anyhow.
Don Rickles quotes: You've got to be able to sell yourself. You've got to be able to sell yourself.
Don Rickles quotes: I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies. I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.
Don Rickles quotes: Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts. Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.
Don Rickles quotes: Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder? Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?
Don Rickles quotes: I would describe myself as a guy that's very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited way. I would describe myself as a guy that's very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited way.
Don Rickles quotes: I say things I get away with, and it becomes a joke. I say things I get away with, and it becomes a joke.
Don Rickles quotes: You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it. You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
Don Rickles quotes: Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich.
Don Rickles quotes: When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket. When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.
Don Rickles quotes: I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke. I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.
Don Rickles quotes: I've been hot, I've been lukewarm, I've been freezing, but I've always been a headliner. I've been hot, I've been lukewarm, I've been freezing, but I've always been a headliner.
Don Rickles quotes: If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance. If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.
Don Rickles quotes: My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances. My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
Don Rickles quotes: Sinatra was somebody special. Sinatra was somebody special.
Don Rickles quotes: I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid. I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid.
Don Rickles quotes: When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.
Don Rickles quotes: Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it. Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.
Don Rickles quotes: I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room. I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.

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