Larry King Quotes

"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 have never understood the Iowa caucus."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"People would pay money to work at CNN."

"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 fantasized being a broadcaster."

"I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time."

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

"The guest to me was always paramount."

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

"The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote."

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

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

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

"I just love asking questions. I love people. It's in my DNA. I'm cursed - and blessed."

"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 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."

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

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