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" Johnny Carson was king of the kings, in my opinion. "

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" Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it. "

" To this day, if you gave me $1,000, I really can't stand up - You can tell a joke. You're a good storyteller and a good joke teller. "

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

" It takes many years to be a great comedian. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You lose your energy, you lose that excitement and it gets the audience up. "

" When you first start out with something new, you're always a little uptight. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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've never gone to comedy clubs. "

" I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room. "

" If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance. "

" I mean, in my - and I'm not trying to do spilled milk, but in those days it was a little - I think it was much tougher, because you got an image, and you were in a saloon. And it was tough to come out of a saloon and to get in films, and to maintain an image, you know. "

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

End Of The Tunnel

" 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. "

Friends And Family

" You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter. "

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

" 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. "

" Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. "

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

" I told jokes badly. "

" I don't walk into a dinner party and say, 'You're an idiot; give me my coat.' "

" After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is. "

" It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that. "

" I didn't get married until I was 38. "

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

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

" I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness. "