Bob Newhart Quotes

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'.
Bob Newhart

Music, Mean, Down

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.
Bob Newhart

Marriage, Proud, Kids

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Bob Newhart

Laughter, Step, Move

I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.
Bob Newhart

Graduation, Able, Public

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.
Bob Newhart

Fun, Successful, Long

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.
Bob Newhart

Short, Between, Getting

Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
Bob Newhart

Attention, Vacation, Comedians

All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'
Bob Newhart

Life, God, Enjoy

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.
Bob Newhart

Life, Give, Two

All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.
Bob Newhart

Fun, Job, Existing

Don't be silly and don't waste your time.
Bob Newhart

Time, Silly, Waste

Funny is funny is funny.
Bob Newhart

I don't have a stack of scripts.
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.
Bob Newhart

Humor, Today, Confusion

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.
Bob Newhart

Love, Person, Totally

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.
Bob Newhart

Funny, Family, Person

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.
Bob Newhart

Marriage, Successful, Laughter

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.
Bob Newhart

Comedians, Childlike

I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
Bob Newhart

Work, Learn, Influenced

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.
Bob Newhart

Head, Hear, Teach

I'm very open to the up-and-comers.
Bob Newhart

I've been a very lucky actor.
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.
Bob Newhart

Another, Lose, Speed

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.
Bob Newhart

Work, Decision, Problem

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.
Bob Newhart

Work, Long, Silence

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Nationality: American

Born: September 5, 1929

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