Don Rickles Quotes

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

I knew how to come up with jokes at someone's expense really fast.

I'm not mean. I can't do a roast.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

I'm the easiest person to make fun of.

I'm not a big fan of comedy roasts because most of the time I find them to be really mean, but once in a while, you'll hear something perfectly worded and well-crafted.

I think that certain things are funny and certain things are okay to make fun of - including myself.

At this point, we've ripped on everyone.

Crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cranky. There's entertaining cranky, annoying cranky, angry cranky.

A joke is a joke. There's an expression - I don't know if you have it - that's 'adding insult to injury.'

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.

You can laugh at somebody because they are innocent, and because they are naive or they are about to walk into a wall, but if somebody's giving you stuff, if somebody's talking, giving you their take on things, what makes you laugh, generally speaking, is going to be somebody who is telling it in an angry way.

I can be sarcastic.

I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.

I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

You can make fun of everything.

I can be very dry and sarcastic.

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

The joy of the roasts is to watch people get hurt and offended, and then have to laugh to pretend they're a good sport.

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.