Away Quote by Alan King Download Open image “When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books.” — Alan King ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Away Back Books Comic Comic book Comic books Kid Send Those Used Ventriloquist
All through college, I was searching for characters that would make me unique and set me apart from the typical ventriloquist with the typical… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '70s, early '80s as a kid, and when we first immigrated to this country I went to a 7-Eleven… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I was a comic book nut. For real. I still have a collection in my closet. — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1970s and early 1980s, loving comic books, and they were much cartoonier. And then everything became super dark and… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
One older brother of mine collects comics, and when I was younger, I collected them, too. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of, unfortunately, unfunny ventriloquists out there, so they've got a bad rap. It came after Edgar Bergen because everybody… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
As a kid, I used to be equal parts drawn to and horrified of the circus. They would have these beautiful canvas posters for… — Mitch Glazer Copy Share Image
My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male… — Alan King Copy Share Image
The ability to absorb a book and make someone else's words and story your own was exactly was I was doing on stage. — Alan King Copy Share Image
I learned to cook in self-defense. My wife doesn't know what a kitchen is. In the first month of our marriage, she broiled lamb… — Alan King Copy Share Image
My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist… — Alan King Copy Share Image
My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails. — Alan King Copy Share Image
And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them. — Alan King Copy Share Image
You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet. — Alan King Copy Share Image
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… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank. — Alan King Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
Some shows just go away - and that's fine. They serve their purpose and their entertainment value, but there are shows that touch people… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing.… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
“Why is it," she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?” — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
I already know Cover 3, Cover 2, everything else. But it's a lot of times, defenses try to take you away and they do… — Julio Jones Copy Share Image
I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when you'd crumple… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image