QUOTES by Bob Newhart
Find most favourite and famour Authors from A.A Milne to Zoe Kravitz.
Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk to me at the Emmys. I found that gratifying.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I don't think too much about age. Maybe if you're hurting, aching and arthritic, then you think about it a lot. But I don't.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there's such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don't act like, 'Oh boy, I'm somebody.' They'll slap you down.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
It's kind of hard coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' which is a sketch-driven show, to a movie.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
One time I happened to use the word 'denigrate' onstage, and it didn't get any reaction. So as I continued my act, the left side of my brain was fast-forwarding to see if I had any other big words coming up.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
Don Rickles and I are best friends. I know that might seem strange to those who know Don only by reputation, but somebody has to be his friend. Just to make sure I don't forget, Don gave me a doormat that sits just outside the front door of my house. It reads: 'The Newharts: The Rickleses Best Friends.'
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
Richard Pryor introduced me to the world of the inner city, and the urban world, and did it hysterically. My favorite comedian, even though we work 180 degrees differently, but funny is funny is funny.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?'
Quote by -Bob Newhart
All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I was never a Certified Public Accountant... I just had a degree in accounting. The reason I was never a Certified Public Accountant was because it would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.
Quote by -Bob Newhart
It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.
Quote by -Bob Newhart