Top 118 Quotes 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.

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.

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.

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I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'

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

If 'The New York Times' says it, it must be true.

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.

I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?'

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.