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" Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God. "
Don Rickles
Friends
God
Thank God
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" I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important. "
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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 I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit. "
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" Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald Reagan. "
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" I don't like to compare myself with anybody. "
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" I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.' "
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" You know what's funny to me? Attitude. "
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" So, I'm on the satellite every Sunday, no matter where we are, with the Rams. Turn on the satellite; got to watch the Rams. "
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" I ride a recumbent bike for half an hour every day. "
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" My wife came into my life, and my mother still wanted to be the boss. "
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Still
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" I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies. "
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" Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans. "
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" I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke. "
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Joke
I Can
" 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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Star
Name
" It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that. "
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Accept
Say
" 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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Men
Success
Wife
" I was a big shot in high school - big into social events and at the dramatic society - and I always had trouble in school. Not because I was a dummy, but I was always busy being the Jackson Heights clown. "
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School
Busy
High
" The highlight of my career was being at the inaugural gala of Ronald Reagan, and I owe that to Mr. Sinatra. "
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Being
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Career
" You've got to be able to sell yourself. "
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Able
Got
" 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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Personality
Me
Habit
" I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew eventually I'd have to kiss up to them so my grandchildren could have toys. "
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Kiss
Nice
People
" I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny. "
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Life
Out
" My wife is great. She always goes to the bank to see if the check has cleared. "
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" I used to work over a bar. That was - there was no stage. I stood over a tiny bar. Louis Prima, rest his soul, he worked there. I was the guy that filled in when he was off the stage. "
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" Johnny Carson was king of the kings, in my opinion. "
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" Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest. "
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" You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter. "
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" One thing a comedian does, when you step on the stage, you're selling yourself, and certainly I don't think the whole world can love you. But if you can get the majority on your side, you're really in business. "
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" We were Orthodox Jews, but we really didn't deserve it. I mean, bacon - my father said, 'Don't put bacon in the house,' but we had bacon. We didn't keep kosher. And we observed which today would be Conservative Jews. But in those days, we belonged to an Orthodox temple. So we made out we were Orthodox Jews, but we really weren't. "
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Said
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" I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head. "
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Head
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Bird