"Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest……" — Bob Newhart
"Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story."
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63 Quotes by Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart has 63 quotes on this site.
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I still feel thirty, except when I try to run.
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I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.
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Well, if you’re a native Chicagoan, you know how dumb he [Dr. Robert Hartley] is. He gets on the Ravenswood…
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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…
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People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world…
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The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four…
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When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it…
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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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I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.
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I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have…
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I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the…
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I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't…
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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