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 Knowledge
You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude. -Don Rickles Humor
Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor. -Don Rickles Humor
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. -Don Rickles Success
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. -Don Rickles Positive
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 Morning
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 Morning
You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude. -Don Rickles Attitude
Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. -Don Rickles Humor
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 Christmas
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 Sports
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. -Don Rickles Good
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. -Don Rickles Hope
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 Courage
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 Famous
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 Chance
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 Car
