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" I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate. "

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" I was a mother's boy. "

" Being in the Navy, when I came home, it changed your whole life. You're 18, you go away for two and a half years, you come home - boy, you're a different person. "

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

" My wife is great. She always goes to the bank to see if the check has cleared. "

" Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100 of them, they made a bit of a name for me at the time, so that part of my life was very good. "

" I'm a New Yorker, originally. I was raised in Jackson Heights. I went to P.S. 148 and then Newtown High School. If World War II didn't come, I'd still be there in school. World War II saved me. "

" Frank Sinatra. Hey, Frank, I saw you in 'The Pride and Passion,' and I want to tell you the cannon was wonderful! "

" It's tough having the last name 'Rickles.' Luckily, my kids handled it great. "

" 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. "

" I shouldn't make fun of the blacks: President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke. "

" I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

End Of The Tunnel

" I've never had a written script. "

" I told jokes badly. "

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

" When I was a younger guy doing comedy, it was a big struggle. Promoters canceled me out of clubs left and right when I called somebody a dummy or a yo-yo. Then they realized I was different. "

" In the 45 years I've worked in casinos, I dreamed of being honored by an organization like the American Gaming Association, especially since I don't even have a hunting license. "

" Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to do it five times, and then Bob would take me to the writers to say the line different ways. He wouldn't let me ad-lib. "

" Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed. "

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

" I write my own tweets. "

" I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is. "

" When I'm onstage, I'm acting. "

" 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. "

" My life was in Montreal years ago. Best food in the world. "

" Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. "

" I say things I get away with, and it becomes a joke. "