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

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


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

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



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.

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.



I love portraying the totally indifferent person.

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.



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.

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.



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'.

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'.



People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.



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.

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.



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.

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.



I still feel thirty, except when I try to run.

I still feel thirty, except when I try to run.



There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.

There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people laugh.





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Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.




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Well, honey, once you've been head-over-heels in love with somebody, you don't go back to being 'friends'. It doesn't work that way. - Megan's Dad

Well, honey, once you've been head-over-heels in love with somebody, you don't go back to being 'friends'. It doesn't work that way. - Megan's Dad



I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad.

I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad.



An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.

An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.



Todd, this is almost like your commentary! Dizzying!

Todd, this is almost like your commentary! Dizzying!



Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.

Everyone knew in the 1950s why a girl from a nice family left home. The meaning of her theft of herself from her parents was clear to all - as well as what she'd be up to in that room of her own.



I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from them.

I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from them.



Writing is no respecter of blueprints.

Writing is no respecter of blueprints.




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