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Bob Newhart Quote: “You never know when you’ll come upon something and it’s going to be fodder for new material.”

51. “You never know when you’ll come upon something and it’s going to be fodder for new material.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.”

52. “All comedians are, in a way, anarchists. Our job is to make fun of the existing world.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor’s face.”

53. “As an actor, you generally want to see the other actor’s face.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.”

54. “Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I’m very open to the up-and-comers.”

55. “I’m very open to the up-and-comers.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.”

56. “The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I think there’s a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.”

57. “I think there’s a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I’ve been a very lucky actor.”

58. “I’ve been a very lucky actor.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I kind of do it in my head, then I’ll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I’ll put it together.”

59. “I kind of do it in my head, then I’ll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I’ll put it together.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I can’t remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie.”

60. “I can’t remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “When you’re going for a joke, you’re stuck out there if it doesn’t work. There’s nowhere to go. You’ve done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you’re out on the end of the plank.”

61. “When you’re going for a joke, you’re stuck out there if it doesn’t work. There’s nowhere to go. You’ve done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you’re out on the end of the plank.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I don’t know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there’s a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That’s kind of regrettable.”

62. “I don’t know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there’s a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That’s kind of regrettable.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I’ve been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.”

63. “I’ve been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That’s the only way you learn how to do it.”

64. “I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That’s the only way you learn how to do it.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “The problem is that we live in an uptight country. Why don’t we just laugh at ourselves? We are funny. Gays are funny. Straights are funny. Women are funny. Men are funny. We are all funny, and we all do funny things. Let’s laugh about it.”

65. “The problem is that we live in an uptight country. Why don’t we just laugh at ourselves? We are funny. Gays are funny. Straights are funny. Women are funny. Men are funny. We are all funny, and we all do funny things. Let’s laugh about it.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “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.”

66. “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.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “Marriage and fatherhood heighten the disillusion that we all think we are born handy. We confidently believe that we can fix things around the house, as if it’s part of the collective brain that was further enhanced by eighth-grade shop class.”

67. “Marriage and fatherhood heighten the disillusion that we all think we are born handy. We confidently believe that we can fix things around the house, as if it’s part of the collective brain that was further enhanced by eighth-grade shop class.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you’re the boss. It’s your stage, and don’t screw with me because I’ll make you look bad, which I had to do, because you wind up with drunks and loud people.”

68. “One of the first things that you learn as a stand-up is, you’re the boss. It’s your stage, and don’t screw with me because I’ll make you look bad, which I had to do, because you wind up with drunks and loud people.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don’t work that way. There was a temptation in the early ’70s to reconsider. I decided against it.”

69. “It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don’t work that way. There was a temptation in the early ’70s to reconsider. I decided against it.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “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.”

70. “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.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn’t put myself in the position of being on stage. Of course, in the drama club you’re hiding behind a character.”

71. “I never had an aversion because I was active in the drama club. If I had that aversion I certainly wouldn’t put myself in the position of being on stage. Of course, in the drama club you’re hiding behind a character.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “Every new routine I have ever written and performed probably occurred extemporaneously. Then after you have fleshed it out and tried it out in front of a number of audiences and it works, you put it down on paper.”

72. “Every new routine I have ever written and performed probably occurred extemporaneously. Then after you have fleshed it out and tried it out in front of a number of audiences and it works, you put it down on paper.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.”

73. “Well, my career choice made a difference because I never would have met my wife, Jenny. I met her through comedian Buddy Hackett. He set us up on a blind date and then we got married.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.”

74. “When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I’ve done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I’ve had a very long and very satisfying career.”

75. “I’ve done more than I thought I was ever going to do. I’ve had a very long and very satisfying career.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “Here are some of the towns I played last year: Carmel, Indiana; Hutchinson, Kansas; and Huntsville, Alabama. I even played Peoria. So why not limit my dates to easy-to-reach cities like Toronto, Chicago, and Reno? Easier still, why not just retire?”

76. “Here are some of the towns I played last year: Carmel, Indiana; Hutchinson, Kansas; and Huntsville, Alabama. I even played Peoria. So why not limit my dates to easy-to-reach cities like Toronto, Chicago, and Reno? Easier still, why not just retire?”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I think there are still words you can’t use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.”

77. “I think there are still words you can’t use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.”

78. “Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.”

79. “I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that.”

— Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart Quote: “The closer you get to understanding humor, the more you begin to lose your sense of humor.”

80. “The closer you get to understanding humor, the more you begin to lose your sense of humor.”

— Bob Newhart

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