Larry King

"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."

"Ive never been drunk in my life. Ive been high, but Ive never been drunk. I think its a fear of loss of control, but I never liked the taste of liquor."

"One of the most succinct commentaries Ive come across for encouraging plain talk came from an executive who told his staff, "Dont utilize utilize. Use use." I try to avoid pompous language. Some people use it as an oral status symbol to impress others. Others use it because theyve simply forgotten how to talk in simple, clear, everyday terms. You will be far better off, because youll be better received and better understood, if you avoid "trendy talk."

"Ill tell you the truth, Ive had bad days and good days in my life, but Ive never had a day when I didnt enjoy that red light going on. Whether on the radio, or on television, theres still a little bump every time it goes on. And if you can spend a life, if you can get paid well for doing something you absolutely love, well you cant beat that."

"What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self-deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesnt matter if youre a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting."

"Lenny Bruce taught me that everythings funny. You can make everything funny. I dont think that assassinations are funny, I dont think you can make fun of ISIS, but almost everything is funny. And If we cant laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? So I dont mind ethnic humor. I like ethnic humor. I like dialect jokes. Laughter is a very subjective thing. If its funny to you its funny. And a lot of things are funny to me. … Life is funny, sex is funny, marriage is funny, eating is funny, sports can be funny, everything is funny. Homes, horses, real estate. Everything is funny. People who are funny are funny. If you know youre funny youre funny."