Bob Newhart quotes

Born
September 5, 1929, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.

Occupation
Actor, comedian.

Bob Newhart is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He rose to fame with his comedy albums The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart and The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back which featured his signature deadpan delivery and his ability to create humorous monologues from one-sided telephone conversations.

The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.
– Bob Newhart

No matter what hyenas sound like, they are not actually laughing.
– Bob Newhart

If ‘The New York Times’ says it, it must be true.
– Bob Newhart

This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I’m not about to screw with it now.
– Bob Newhart

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.
– Bob Newhart

You shouldn’t get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.
– Bob Newhart

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

I’ve had time off, and it drove me nuts. I was crawling up the wall.
– Bob Newhart

I would say I came from upper middle class family.
– 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’.
– Bob Newhart

I made people laugh as a kid, but that’s not how you make a living.
– Bob Newhart

Without great writing, you’ve got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.
– 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.
– Bob Newhart

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

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

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am… a dry sense of humor.
– Bob Newhart

I’m glad you can’t talk on your cells while the plane is in the air. That would drive me crazy.
– Bob Newhart