"An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle……" — Don Rickles
"An insult is mean or unkind. Milton Berle called me the Sultan of Insult, and I was called the King of Insult. But the guy that gave me the best title - and I use it to this day - was Johnny Carson. He called me Mr. Warmth."
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63 Quotes by Don Rickles
Don Rickles has 63 quotes on this site.
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You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.
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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
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Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.
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The old days were the old days. And they were great days. But now is now.
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It takes many years to be a great comedian.
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I'd like to think my performance is today. I never try to - it's so, as you know, watching me,…
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Sex is great, but when you get to be my age, you've got to pace it a little bit. Otherwise…
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My whole act is off the top of my head.
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Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
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I have my own gym. When you do jokes and they sell, you get a gym.
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I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and…
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You know what's funny to me? Attitude.
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More Berle Quotes
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one of 11 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra.
— Phil Silvers
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Milton Berle is an inspiration to every young person that wants to get into show business. Hard work, perseverance, and…
— Dean Martin
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There was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton…
— Ed McMahon
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
— Walter Winchell
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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up 'vaudeville' in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says 'Milton Berle'…
— Alan King
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Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh…
— Jerry Lewis
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I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up…
— Marlo Thomas
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I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop…
— Andie MacDowell
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The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that.
— Danny Aiello
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Operation Black Steel, the mission to liberate Shabazz K. Milton-Berle, was aborted...because I couldn't get a ride.
— Huey Freeman
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