Larry King Quotes

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

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.

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

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

People would pay money to work at CNN.

Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.

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

If you do something, expect consequences.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

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

I have never understood the Iowa caucus.