# A Larry King quote **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744 "2025-11-10T20:42:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744/1 "2025-11-10T20:42:32Z")
King was interviewing Tip O’Neill, who was an old man at the time. I don’t know how I remember this quote verbatim, but it just struck me as an odd thing to ask somebody. He asked: “how does it feel to be so close to meeting the man?” Anybody remember that? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744/2 "2025-11-11T04:26:42Z")
[Here’s a link to a transcript](https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lklw/date/2001-04-08/segment/00) of the interview, conducted on CNN on April 8, 2001. > KING: Do you think about age a lot? > > O’NEILL: I never think of age at all. > > KING: Don’t? > > O’NEILL: No, never. > > KING: You don’t think that you know, you’re close to, meeting the Man? > > O’NEILL: I never give that a thought. I think I lead a pretty good honorable, decent Christian life, to say that word. And I’m satisfied with my life, and I get through early, the day before last and ran out and played nine holes of golf all by myself. Sometimes I putt better when I’m alone. And I had a pretty good round, I’m happy. There’s no problem, my wife and I will be married 44 years on Saturday, and it’s her birthday and it’s Father’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744/3 "2025-11-11T04:41:34Z")
Thanks, Dewey!