Alan King Quotes

There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'

Alan King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HumorSoulDoingYouFirstRhythm

There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it.

Jesmyn Ward

PowerLightSimpleDarknessRacism

If diffraction or interference phenomena were to be sought it was therefore necessary, in accordance with the basic principles of wave theory, to select for the test arrangement far smaller decisive dimensions than those employed in corresponding tests with visible light.

Max von Laue

LightWaveTestPrinciplesTheory

The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.

Michael Crichton

LifeFaithUniverseBeliefMatter

My biographers... would like to have my time at the court almost complete before they finish the book. We decided... to flip the order.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

TimeBookFinishOrderComplete

I know my audience, and they, in turn, know my cinema. When I pick a subject, it's for a family audience. I shoot and edit my films keeping them in mind. I'm dead sure about the product that bears my name.

Rohit Shetty

FamilyMindNameCinemaKnowDead

I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody.

Mary Steenburgen

NeverShowerSingBeenAbleFront

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

Milton Berle

FunnyManThinkYouCongressHim

Perception is created and twisted so quickly.

Louis C. K.

PerceptionTwistedCreatedQuickly

Joan Rivers was my hero.

Judy Gold

HeroRiversJoan

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

Josh Billings

TruthPeopleLyingSome PeopleTell

When we talk about feminism - equality without apology for all - we can't be talking about for all white women or all highly educated women but all women, regardless of color, class, creed, sexual orientation or identity.

Christine Pelosi

WomenIdentityEqualityColorWhite

Any setting can be a good setting for a novel.

Chris Pavone

GoodSettingNovelAny

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