Alan King Quotes

We get the worrywart, the hypochondriac, the money-grubbing miser, the intractable negotiator... Some would say certain of these refer to the stereotypical, or 'stage' Jew. But objectively speaking, the only crime in humor is an unfunny joke.

Alan King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 26, 1927 - May 9, 2004

Topics

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Drag is a little scary, especially for a gay man who's not comfortable with his feminine side.

John Cameron Mitchell

ManGayComfortableScarySideDrag

In the 'Mass Effect' universe, there is zero ad libbing.

Jennifer Hale

UniverseZeroEffectMassAd

I am fascinated by that person who is trying to live authentically, but they are on the outside of society, so how do they manage in the world around them?

Andrew Haigh

LiveI AmWorldSocietyTryingWho

I've always studied our empires to empower myself, you know, and to have ammunition against anybody who could try to put me down.

John Leguizamo

MyselfMeYouDownKnowEmpower

I think the perception of audiences that love folk and country is they're perceived to be more closed-minded than they really are.

Trixie Mattel

LovePerceptionThinkCountryMore

Post-military service can be a period of anxiety and uncertainty. So many men and women return and ask themselves: what now? The Labor Department is here to help answer that question with an array of programs designed to clear pathways into the middle class.

Tom Perez

WomenServiceMenUncertaintyHelp

We have to win everything. The last time we went to South Africa, we had an opportunity to win the series, but things didn't work out.

Rohit Sharma

WorkOpportunityTimeWinAfrica

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Mitt Romney

MindThinkBetterPresidentQuestion

If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it.

Lois Lowry

PredictWriteWouldGrabReaders

For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.

Joyce Maynard

SeriouslyOthersYearsTakeDid

Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I would walk into the room with an Australian accent, and I would do the audition in an American accent, and they would invariably say, 'Yeah, it's that good, but I can still hear the oddity coming through.'

Jonathan LaPaglia

GoodWalkMeThinkAmericanActing

The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century creative-scape that we occupy now doesn't really have movements in the same way. Instead it's made up of diverse individuals working across various platforms simultaneously; art, architecture, film, music and literature.

Doug Aitken

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