Top 28 Quotes by Robert Klein

About Robert Klein

These are some quotes by American author Robert Klein Comedian, who was born on February 8, 1942.

My son has been a class clown and it sort of ran in the family.

My son has been a class clown and it sort of ran in the family.

Robert Klein

I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.

I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.

Robert Klein

Comedy has lost its eloquence.

Comedy has lost its eloquence.

Robert Klein

I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in the family.

I was a class clown. My father was a class clown. My son has been a class clown, and it sort of ran in the family.

Robert Klein

Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.

Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the priesthood. That immigrant Jewish humor is still with us.

Robert Klein

So it took me five years because in the interim I have been doing a lot of personal appearances and movies and some television series that went into the plumbing and I stopped writing for a while.

So it took me five years because in the interim I have been doing a lot of personal appearances and movies and some television series that went into the plumbing and I stopped writing for a while.

Robert Klein

Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame.

Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame.

Robert Klein

The Broad research center represents the highest quality model of what Proposition 71 should be funding.

The Broad research center represents the highest quality model of what Proposition 71 should be funding.

Robert Klein

I was brought up at 3525 Decatur Avenue, in the north Bronx, right next to Woodlawn Cemetery.

I was brought up at 3525 Decatur Avenue, in the north Bronx, right next to Woodlawn Cemetery.

Robert Klein

One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce, is that they were in the tradition of the one-man show. That's why Richard Pryor was so great, and George Carlin, too. They prowled the stage, they used voices, they were really talents.

Robert Klein

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