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Bob Newhart Quotes

There was a sea of change in comedy in the late 1950s and '60s. We were dealing with vignettes as opposed to jokes. We were more socially aware.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: September 5, 1929

Topics

Change Sea Comedy Late More Jokes

As soon as you stop moving - to sit down and watch TV or whatnot - you're wasting life.

Life Moving You Down Stop Watch

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Anna Julia Cooper

Heart Always Prey Cowards Pretty

I usually play tough guys and stuff like that.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Tough Play Like Stuff Guys

It was never really one of my goals to gain tremendous amount of celebrity or make a tremendous amount of money necessarily.

Goals Money Celebrity Never Gain

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

Passion Television Moral Propaganda

I had done a couple of plays, but I was a clueless boob. 'Cosby' allowed me to have something on my resume that was real and then the producers of 'Guiding Light' let me play a preppy killer just the following month. Suddenly I had two gigs on my resume that made me look like a real actor, although I was far from it.

Michael Weatherly

Light Me Look Play Resume Done

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

Myself Me World Problems Thinking

I play a lot of basketball.

Basketball Play Lot

I married someone whom I was close friends with first. I think that was a really good move.

Good Think Friends Someone First

I kind of roll my eyes when people say they make music for themselves or they make art just for themselves, because, maybe in their head, what that means is that they're making it for someone who they don't think is real. Their audience isn't real. But it's still a communicative act. It's still an outward manifestation of longing.

Music Eyes Art People Think Someone

When someone goes to watch my film in the theatre, they won't remember the last four articles they read about me. Instead, they will think about the last film I did.

Me Theatre Think Someone Remember

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Wisdom Age Capacity Acquired

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