Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it. — 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
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
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
Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. — 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 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
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
People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling. — 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
