Larry King Quotes

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

Who wouldn’t want to be Frank Sinatra‘s son?

I have never seen anyone at CNN ever say, ‘Boy, here’s how we’re going to deal with this today to put this guy down and elevate this guy up.’ I’ve never seen it.

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

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

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

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 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.

Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don’t do it for fame. I don’t do it for money. I just love it.

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

Anything can happen when people run for office.

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.

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.

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.

People sometimes think I’m sort of all-knowing.

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.

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

I thought I would be a sports announcer. All I was was a curious kid who wanted to be on the radio.

I just love asking questions. I love people. It’s in my DNA. I’m cursed – and blessed.

I never forgot being poor, and I never stopped thinking how fortunate I am.

I like getting to the meat of things. You can’t get it in a five-minute interview. I like to hone a person. I like to make eye contact.

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

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

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

I worked at CNN for almost 26 years. I worked in Mutual Radio for 20 years. I’ve been in the business 57 years. I have never seen a bias off the air or on.

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

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

When you reach a certain age, and people see you on television, they look at you and think, ‘Wow! Everything must be great!’ Well, everything isn’t always great. You can be hailed on the street corner, but you still have to go home and take out the garbage.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can’t figure it out.

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

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?

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