“My mother was a Jewish General Patton.” — Don Rickles Quote

“My mother was a Jewish General Patton.”

“I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.”

“In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know.”

“We are losing the Jewish people in the Diaspora.”

“In fact, my New Year's resolution every year, and I'm Jewish so I get two New Years a year, is to meditate, and I fail every time.”

“I am a fifth-generation American, but from a young age, I went to yeshiva. I spent 12 hours a day with rabbis, and I think in Yiddish. To this day, I have to go back and unravel my writing and polish it so everyone doesn't sound like an old Jewish woman.”