Don Rickles Quotes
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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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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.
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It's tough having the last name 'Rickles.' Luckily, my kids handled it great.
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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.
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I didn't get married until I was 38.
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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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Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?
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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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An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.
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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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After over 50 years of headlining, I've been received very beautifully. But I always say, when you're onstage, you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's OK.
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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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Don't call me 'sir; 'King Jew' will do fine.
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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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There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage.
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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.
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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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Herb Solo at that time was the head of MGM. I said, 'I want to live like Clint Eastwood.' Did I know at that time Clint Eastwood, to him, Heaven was a truck, a dog, and a picnic basket for food or something?
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Compared to what comics say today, I'm a monk, but in those days, it was unheard of to make fun of people like I did. Of course, they exaggerated how outrageous I really was.
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My wife, Barbara, is great. She arranges when I do work that I have a day off between performances.
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To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always been fantastic.
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The inaugural of Ronald Reagan, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And that was the greatest thing. Ronald Reagan and George Bush. That was - I still remember like it was yesterday.
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Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere out there, there is one person in the audience that I'm not going to offend!