When we laugh we temporarily give ourselves over to the person who makes us laugh. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
If you can get someone to laugh with you, they will be more willing to identify with you, listen to you. It… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
If somebody accuses you in a story of being a crook, you can demand that they prove it. But if a comic… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Nowadays, you cannot be a very Effective political figure without Having a demonstrable sense of humor. People take to it. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
It's mandatory in this day and age to be considered to have a sense of humor and to demonstrate it. You're not… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
It always seems to someone outside the business that it is very difficult to write for a comedy show because it must… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Humor gives presidents the chance to be seen as warm, relaxed persons. Humor reaches out and puts its arm around the listener… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I may be forty, but every morning when I get up, I feel like a twenty-year-old. Unfortunately, there's never one around. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Do you realize that in the past sixty years, the only foreigners the French have been able to drive out are American tourists? — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
For Father's Day, my kids always give me a bottle of cologne called English Leather. It's appropriate! To them I always smell like a… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Nowadays, you cannot be a very Effective political figure without Having a demonstrable sense of humor. People take to it. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
What if the meek inherited the Earth and we had to defend ourselves from Martians? — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
I'd like to say a few words about one of the most popular concepts in the modern education--show and tell. Show and Tell is… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
My wife never lies about her age. She just tells everyone she's as old as I am. Then she lies about my age. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
