My father was an odd stick. He was a member of MENSA and he was a uniformed yard cop for the Harvard police. — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
The movies saved my life. I grew up in the great depression, the only child of a pair of star crossed lovers. My father lost his job. My mother drank. They fought. The movies were my escape. — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
One night in a club in Boston, I tried the name Roger Duck. No laughs. The next night, I tried Orson Bean, putting together… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along who thought… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
I'm not a pessimist. I do believe that in some way we don't understand, God has a hand in things and it will all… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
What I learned at home was despair and hopelessness. What I learned at the pictures was don't give up the ship, we have only… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
My wife and I sold our house New York and moved to Australia for a year; then we came back and spent almost three… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
Left-wingers and right-wingers come together when they become extreme enough. The Nazi Party was called National Socialism, very similar to Stalin's Communism, with the… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm proudest of, one year on my refrigerator, I taped a Christmas card from the Republican National Committee and season's… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
