Don Rickles Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“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.”

“When I walk down the street in New York, I swear to God, the building constructor, the guy pounding cement and what not, will yell, 'Hey, you hockey puck!'”

“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.”

“I never went out looking for glory.”

“Funny is funny.”

“My mother was a Jewish General Patton.”

“My whole act is off the top of my head.”

“Compared to what some of the young comics use for material today, I'm a priest.”

“I do situations and make fun of authority and life.”

“To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.”