230 Quotes by Bob Newhart

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    I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.

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

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    But I really believe that if you have the ability, there is an obligation to make people laugh

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    When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

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    Marriage and fatherhood heighten the disillusion that we all think we are born handy. We confidently believe that we can fix things around the house, as if it's part of the collective brain that was further enhanced by eighth-grade shop class.

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    I'm one of those passengers who arrives at the airport five or six hours early so I can throw back a few drinks and muster up the courage to board the plane. Apparently I'm not alone because I've never been in an empty airport bar. I don't care what time you get there. Even at 8:00 a.m. you have to fight your way to the bar. At that hour, everyone drinks Bloody Marys so no one can tell it's booze- at least until they fall off their chair.

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    Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.

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