Quotes from Larry King

The guest to me was always paramount.

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.

I fantasized being a broadcaster.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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've had a great ride. I've got no complaints.

If you do something, expect consequences.

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

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

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.

You do you have to be curious about a lot; you have to read your newspapers. If you know too much... that's dangerous.

When Diana put her mind to something, nothing was allowed to stand in her way. As she said, "Because I've been given the gift to shine a light into the dark corners of the world, and get the media to follow me there, I have to use it," and use it she did—to draw attention to a problem and in a very practical way to apply her incredible healing gifts to the victims. —Simone Simmons

Nora Dunn When faced with no real friends, she went out into the world and made some, and to watch her try to create a life with meaning was touching.

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 never learned anything while I was talking.

In all our lives there are hits, strikeouts, and the occasional home run. This book is dedicated to my two young sons, Chance King and his brother Cannon King, two of the cherished home runs of my life.

she had a great sense of humor. She was intoxicating, and any man she met immediately fell in love with her—including me. --Dickie Arbiter

Diana would have been surprised by the public's unbelievable response to her death, and even more surprised that ten years later this interest has not waned. But then they don't make them like that very often, do they. --Lord Jeffrey Archer

I don't think people so much wanted to be her as to idolize her and their idea of what she represented—a commoner who became a princess, who then became the princess of the people. I'm glad she lived during my lifetime. The phenomenon of what her life became—I don't think we'll ever see the likes of it again. --Harry Benson