It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I knew most of the people there who ran the places, a lot of wiseguys. They're all gone now. All good people. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I'm always watching films. The Academy pretty much sends me every film that's ever been done. I enjoy watching them, especially with… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I was nice to the people in the Philippines for the two and a half years I was there, because I knew… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
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… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I still think funny, and people young and old still come and see me. That's flattering. The day comes that they stop… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly,… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
In the old days, that was my ad-lib for hecklers in the joints I worked. It stuck with me. I hardly say… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me, I have… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
At 90, I'm still working a couple of dates a month. My mind is very sharp on the stage, so why not?… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
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… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
That I walk around calling people 'dummy' and 'hockey puck'. I do have a different life apart from being sarcastic on stage.… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
When someone says to me, do you do stand-up I say absolutely not. I like to think of it as a theatrical… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I don't feel an obligation to give everyone a hard time, but when they're important people, it's fun. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
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.… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I would describe myself as a guy that's very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Everything I do on stage, I made up in saloons. I started doing it in front of people, and that became my… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Compared to what comics say today, I'm a monk, but in those days, it was unheard of to make fun of people… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
So many young people think the big sex act is the whole movie, but that's not the case. You need to be… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
What I do is, I make fun of people and I make fun of myself and things around us and exaggerate things.… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Many, many years ago, I stood on the stage and told bad jokes and did Sophie Tucker as an impersonation, and nobody… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I don't drink much anymore, but when I traveled with Frank Sinatra, God rest his soul, I used to drink like I could do… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
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… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
Now when I'm not working, I don't really hang out with the young comics. — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
To this day, when I say that I went to the American Academy, people are very impressed. The reputation of the school has always… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
