Larry King Quotations

I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.

You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax

It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers used to play. They go to all the Dodger games, and they play Little League ball. I have infused them with New York spirit.

I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.

I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.

I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

When I broke in, in 1957, it was wide open. Now you're up against strong competition.

Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

I worked on the United Parcel Service truck, I sold home delivery of milk. But always, in the back of my mind, I wanted to get into radio.

I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.

My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now, but it was relief then... I never forgot the generosity of New York.

I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people.

Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories

With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.

I never use the word 'I' when I interview someone. I think it's irrelevant.

I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

I did everything when I started. In Miami I did news, I did weather, I did sports, I did disk-jockeying. And I did a sports talk show every week - every Saturday night.

I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.

If they asked me, I did two shifts. I did sports, I did news, because I loved it.

Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.

I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.

I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me.

People would pay money to work at CNN

Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.

Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.

We're going to point her towards that race again, and we need to get a couple races in her - this seems like a good place to start.

We've searched all the possible areas by air and sea. Right now, it's mostly in the hands of the major crimes unit (which includes the missing persons unit), to follow up on any leads.

Maybe I could come out to guide people. I'd need a little uniform -- tell them I want a Washington Nationals uniform and we'll do the tour live.

I guess it is going to be a little more than just the regular business meeting. I don't know what's going to be discussed. I was led to believe it was going to be just a regular staff meeting.

I am going to get out of this chair, throw it away and walk, ... We are on the threshold of a cure -- maybe in five, seven, eight, ten years.

If a state were voting on gay marriage, you would suggest to that state not to approve it?

If asked, I would be greatly honored to stay on,

He's had his ups and down. Now, it's lately been nothing but ups.

It appears to be a murder-suicide. There was a weapon in the house.

I think he was the wrong person. He wasn't the target.

We're all very concerned about the industry. The effect that this could have on the industry.

We carried a large number of students and it exceeded the minimum standards for our routes.

We are excited to have Dale as a partner and Georgia as a principal in our audit practice. They each bring a strong commitment to responsive client service and a depth of technical expertise.

... various work sites and pick up stray nails and returned them, and clearly, he never lost his perspective. My condolences to you and your family. Sincerely, John Kennedy.

Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.

An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game.

I understand why people are frightened, but at the same time we don't want our lives to be totally disrupted by a terrorist act,

Things are getting better all the time. But for a while, it was really hard on us and our school.

Some day, you're going to be vice president.

Dear Donald, I read over the weekend of your father's passing and I just wanted to drop you a note. No matter where you are in life, losing a parent changes you. I know you had an active relationship and I hope you'll get ample time to reflect. He sounds like a fascinating man from what I read in the 'Times.' I like that he would go over his...

As we get closer to 5 p.m. I expect there to be a lot more traffic.

I'm very much concerned for artists and their safety. It (the killings) definitely rings alarms. ... I wish we could just stop this senseless violence and killing. It kind of gives rap a bad name, and it gives black people a bad name. I would hope he (West) didn't die in vain and that something positive could come of it.

I'm having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun.

I'm assuming the university has something in mind if those people are going to be involved.

A guy approached the car and shot him in the head.

If you do something, expect consequences

I'm having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun

Communications is the number one major in America today. CNN had 25,000 applicants for five intern jobs this summer.

Nobody beats a bunch of journalists for inflating their rather mundane straightforward chores with a lot more melodrama and self-importance than the job should be asked to contain.

Don't you think it would be better to legalize victimless crimes like drugs & prostitution & divert the resources to more important things like the rapes & assaults & things like that?

I would like to ask Him if He was indeed virgin born, because the answer to that question would define history.

Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right.

You make your own luck. Luck is the residue of design.

If I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

I thought: If I was lucky enough to live, I'd change, myself-I realized I could have a new life-new energy, new endurance, and feel better about myself.

You know what amazes me about UFO's? They never land at the White House. They always land at laramie, Wyoming. Thiry miles out, where they're seen by one farmer.

The secret of success is an absolute ungovernable curiosity.

Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.

The ultimate [travel destination] for me would be one perfect day in San Francisco. There's no city like it anywhere. And, if I could be there with the girl of my dreams, that would be the ultimate!

Those of us forced to read the London papers sometimes speculate about which is greater: the average British hack's sloth, mendacity, ignorance, obsequiousness, capacity for drink, or aversion to paying for that drink. Smart money tends to split between the latter two.

One thing I have learned is, if people tell you they had a "frank" discussion with someone, it is usually code for a yelling match with clenched fists.

There is still nothing in life as constant and as changing at the same time as an afternoon at a ballpark.

My biggest fear is death, because I don't think I'm going anywhere. And since I don't think that, and I don't have a belief ... I'm married to someone who has the belief, so she knows she's going somewhere.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.

The first rule of my speaking is: listen!

...The British press... [claimed that Tony] Blair was simply Bush's poodle - a favorite phrase, bewilderingly popular, although it made no sense - and that he was ignoring the will of the British people. Considering the hacks had spent Blair's first six years in office condemning him for relying on focus groups and opinion polls for his policies - in other words, paying attention to nothing but the will of the people, or at least their whims - that seemed a little rich to me, but as I said, logical consistency has never figured highly in the British media's scale of values.

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish.

i never learned anything while i was talking.