Don Rickles Quotes

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Don Rickles

Profession : Comedian

Birth : May 8, 1926

I don't drink much anymore, but when I traveled with Frank Sinatra, God rest his soul, I used to drink like I could do it. He made it a test. In Vegas, the Rat Pack, which I was a little part of, drank all night and slept most of the day. Then, about 5 o'clock, we'd meet in the hotel steam room, lock the door, and steam our brains out.

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Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.

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You know what's funny to me? Attitude.

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Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

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If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.

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You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

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Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

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Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

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Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.

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I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.

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Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.

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If I have learned anything, it is to keep my wife happy by sending her lavish gifts. Other men can learn from my success and send their wives and girlfriends fresh flowers for birthdays, anniversaries, and of course, Valentine's Day.

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I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while, I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

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When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

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Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.

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I don't do impressions.

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I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.

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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

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I did a few movies, but the word 'star'... I cannot compare to a star like Clint Eastwood. I used to call Clint 'Larry Dickman' when he would come to my show; then, he started using the name when he would go under cover in a 'Dirty Harry' movie. That's why he's a movie star... he's so creative.

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An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth.

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