Don Rickles Quotes

You know what's funny to me? Attitude.

~ Don Rickles

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

~ Don Rickles

Among my friends, I'm not a little Boy Scout, and they love my humor, thank God.

~ Don Rickles

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

~ Don Rickles

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

~ Don Rickles

Most people think the character I do onstage is the way I am offstage, but I'm just a regular guy who spends time with his family and who turns on the television and watches a lot of sports.

~ Don Rickles

I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.

~ Don Rickles

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

I stopped smoking. But my personality I still have. I get up in the morning, and not everybody loves me, so if you want to call that a bad habit, there's that.

~ Don Rickles

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

~ Don Rickles

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

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

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

~ Don Rickles

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

~ Don Rickles

Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?

~ Don Rickles

I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.

~ Don Rickles

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

~ Don Rickles