I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!' Bob Newhart More Quotes by Bob Newhart More Quotes From Bob Newhart I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much. Bob Newhart grandchildrenmarriagekids I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do. Bob Newhart graduationinspirationalfunny In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche. Bob Newhart donefatherworld There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I'll cry. Bob Newhart tragedylaughinglooks 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 cymbalsnowhere-to-godone I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it. Bob Newhart comediansawsway 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 couplemightyears The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour. Bob Newhart humourway You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system. Bob Newhart sticksshould-havewinning All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!' Bob Newhart enjoylife-ishappiness I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. Bob Newhart comedianlinesthinking Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me? Bob Newhart forget-youwondersometimes I can't remember the last live-action, non-animated Christmas movie. Bob Newhart lastsactionremember Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one. Bob Newhart weaponsifswant More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth. Bob Newhart laughteranswerspeople This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now. Bob Newhart beverly-hillscomedyhome Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers generally think of ourselves as very bright. My own private theory is that stammerers have so many ideas swirling around their brains at once that they can't get them all out, though I haven't found any scientific evidence to back that up. Bob Newhart brainideasthinking I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today. Bob Newhart familytodaythinking Funny is funny is funny. Bob Newhart comedy 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 givingtwoyears
