Bob Elliott Quotes

Kurt Vonnegut said, 'The best of Bob and Ray is virtually indistinguishable from the worst.' I'm sure he meant that as a compliment.

Bob Elliott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1923 - February 2, 2016

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It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.

Viola Davis

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The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of 1968 who served as liaisons between the Marine Corps and the Brigade of Midshipmen later suffered nine Purple Hearts in Vietnam, and one man killed in action.

Jim Webb

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I've had four presidential candidates visit me in the tents, and they all lost. I tried to get Hillary down here, but she's too smart. She won't come to the tents.

Joe Arpaio

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I don't know if Gary Johnson is out there doing a campaign, actually. I think he's talking to press a little bit, but I don't think they hold events.

Jill Stein

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I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming - the intensity of the first person experience, LAN and Internet play, game mods, and so on.

John Carmack

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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

Jeremy Bentham

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You can't be controlling in improv.

Matt Walsh

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Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.

Steve Lacy

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Yet you should practice the greatest possible love and confidence in treating with Him.

Alphonsus Liguori

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We all love Linux, but it's also a fact that some people might not be able to migrate.

Miguel de Icaza

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Growing up, I would have to say I loved 'Peter Pan' because I was fascinated by Captain Hook; I was fascinated by Hans Conried, who was an actor on screen and also a theatrical and television actor.

Jonathan Freeman

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I would want the going-back-in-time superpower, so I could take back the stuff that I say and gets me in trouble with my wife.

Clark Gregg

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