Larry King was a famous American broadcaster, who rose to stardom in the 1970s with his radio programme, The Larry King Show.
Earlier this month (January 2021), he tested positive for COVID-19. In the early hours of today (Saturday, January 23), King was confirmed dead by his family.
Eelive.ng has put together below 15 inspiring quotes from him to help us reflect on his life:
- 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.
- The secret of success is an absolute ungovernable curiosity.
- What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self-deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn’t matter if you’re a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting.
- Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.
- If I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.
- You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.
- The first rule of my speaking is: listen!
- It’s joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you’re kind of an easy mark.
- 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.
- All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.
- I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
- Let’s not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.
- 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.
- If you do something, expect consequences.
Written by Olusola Oluwatobi
