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" I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.' "
Don Rickles
Walk
Party
Me
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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
" They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities. "
Don Rickles
Always
Me
Sitting
" Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. "
Don Rickles
Alley
Work
Singing
" 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
Dogs
Because
Expenses
" Room service is great if you want to pay $500 for a club sandwich. "
Don Rickles
Great
Want
Service
" When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. "
Don Rickles
Everyone
Stand
You
" I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies. "
Don Rickles
Forty
Accountant
Years
" You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up. "
Don Rickles
Audience
Excitement
Lose
" You've got to be able to sell yourself. "
Don Rickles
You
Able
Got
" Bob Newhart, who is my best friend, is one of the guys I adore. "
Don Rickles
Who
Adore
Best
" When I'm onstage, I'm acting. "
Don Rickles
Acting
Onstage
" 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. "
Don Rickles
Better
Play
Golf
" 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. "
Don Rickles
Watch
Where
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. "
Don Rickles
Personality
Me
Habit
" I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room. "
Don Rickles
Quit
Doctor
Room
" I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head. "
Don Rickles
Head
Business
Bird
" 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
Tired
Sitting
Myself
" I do situations and make fun of authority and life. "
Don Rickles
Make
Life
Fun
" Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is. "
Don Rickles
Die
Crazy
Head
" I didn't get married until I was 38. "
Don Rickles
Get
Until
Married
" Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black. "
Don Rickles
Blacks
Why Not
Why
" If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance. "
Don Rickles
Performance
Funny
Me
" The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now. "
Don Rickles
Days
Old
Now
" 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
Group
Enjoy
Tall
" I did a picture 40 years ago with Carroll O'Connor and Telly Savalas, God rest their souls, and Clint Eastwood, called 'Kelly's Heroes,' which we filmed in Yugoslavia for six months. "
Don Rickles
Rest
Picture
Souls
" 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. "
Don Rickles
Think
Yourself
Business
" My mother was a Jewish General Patton. "
Don Rickles
General
Mother
Patton
" I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym. "
Don Rickles
Sell
My Own
Jokes
" Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one. "
Don Rickles
Well
Always
Call
" Frank Sinatra. Hey, Frank, I saw you in 'The Pride and Passion,' and I want to tell you the cannon was wonderful! "
Don Rickles
Pride
Passion
You