Rodney Dangerfield Quotes
I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
Dangerfield, Rodney. It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs. Bantam Books, 2004.
Asked if he would relent in his attitude toward Iraqi President Saddam Hussein if the Iraqi leader would free American hostages and make concessions:
Referring to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet:
In 1904 a naturalized American citizen, Ion Perdicaris, was kidnapped and held for ransom by Achmed Ben Mohammed Raisuli, a Moroccan warlord and descendent of the Prophet Mohammad. Raisuli had made a series of economic and political demands on the Sultan of Morocco who was dragging his feet in dealing with the problem. The administration ordered a naval warship to stand off the coast of Morocco and this ultimatum was dispatched to the Sultan of Morocco, and was read aloud from the platform of the Republican National Convention in Chicago which was in the process of renominating Theodore Roosevelt for a second term as president. Two days later Perdicaris was released. Kidnapping to intimidate has been a classic Arab terror political and quasi military technique as well as one for pure economic greed.
The Barbary Pirates had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom.
Jack Roy, popularly known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme.
