Don Rickles Quotes

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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!

  Don Rickles

  Night, Mind, Nagging

  "'A god died today': remembering the insult comedy of Don Rickles" by Rob LeDonne, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2017.

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

  Don Rickles

  People, Singing, Opera

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  No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.

  Don Rickles

  Beach, World, Matter

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Make Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• When you enter a room, you have to kiss his ring. I don't mind, but he has it in his back pocket.

  Don Rickles

  Music, Kissing, Mind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Don Rickles

  Thinking, Doctors, Rooms

  "TV's newest odd couple: Richard Lewis and Don Rickles to portray father and son in 'Daddy Dearest'". Interview with Greg Braxton, www.latimes.com. August 30, 1993.

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• Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?

  Don Rickles

  Funny, Clothes, Wonder

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• When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last.

  Don Rickles

  Different, Lasts, Stand Alone

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, "Hey, when do the broads come on?" I got good at saying, "Relax. Clear your skin up first." They called me "the insult guy," but it's never mean-spirited. I'm just exaggerating everything about us and about life.

  Don Rickles

  Mean, Talking, Guy

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• Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.

  Don Rickles

  Fun, Black, Why Not

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• Some people say funny things - but I say things funny.

  Don Rickles

  Funny Things, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

  Don Rickles

  Golf, Player, Games

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• 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.

  Don Rickles

  Hard Times, People, Giving

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.

  Don Rickles

  Believe, People, Laughing

  Source: glamorosi.blogspot.com

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• Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?

  Don Rickles

  Kings, Thinking, Cells

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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

  Don Rickles

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• Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, How many more years do I have on this earth? But I can't really conceive of dying. 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.

  Don Rickles

  Crazy, Thinking, Years

  Esquire interview, bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net.

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• Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

  Don Rickles

  Kids, Controversial, Provocative

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• If I were to insult people and mean it, that wouldn't be funny.

  Don Rickles

  Mean, People, Insult

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.

  Don Rickles

  Success, Thinking, Think Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun.

  Don Rickles

  Fun, Hard Times, People

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.

  Don Rickles

  Great Day, Old Days

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles" By Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Asians are nice people, but they burn a lot of shirts.

  Don Rickles

  Nice, People, Nice People

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Women were afraid of me, they were scared to death. But I always say be yourself, if you're funny then let your sense of humor go there. I mean there's no sense hiding what you feel.

  Don Rickles

  Being Yourself, Mean, Sense Of Humor

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• My style is my personality. It's always been that way. Being a wiseguy and having fun. It's always been that way for me, when I was in high school, and in the Navy. It's not something I rehearse.

  Don Rickles

  Fun, School, Personality

  Source: adambulger.blogspot.com

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

  Don Rickles

  Sweet, Nice, People

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