This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now. -Bob Newhart Home
People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that. -Bob Newhart Dad
I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent. -Bob Newhart Morning
Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?' -Bob Newhart Famous
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 Marriage
I wasn't the class clown. I wasn't that obvious. There would be a circle of guys, and they're watching the class clown. And I'm standing in the back, and I turn to the guy next to me and I say something funny to him, and he starts to laugh. And the guy next to him says, 'What did he say?' -Bob Newhart Funny
If you look at Jack Benny, George Burns, or Don Rickles, they've all had long, successful marriages. So, I think there's something about laughter and the durability of a marriage. -Bob Newhart Marriage
I remember seeing a movie with Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney where they were husband and wife, and they got in bed, and he had on polka-dot pajamas and she had on striped pajamas, and when they got up the next morning he had on the striped pajamas and she had the polka dot pajamas, and that was considered racy at that time! -Bob Newhart Morning
You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny. -Bob Newhart Funny
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 Humor
I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage. -Bob Newhart Marriage
I didn't know I was cool, but I was very flattered that some of the younger comedy writers came up to talk to me at the Emmys. I found that gratifying. -Bob Newhart Cool
I think there's a little confusion between humor and 'gross' passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable, because they aren't the same thing. -Bob Newhart Humor
I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent. -Bob Newhart Amazing
The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place. -Bob Newhart Humor
I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it. -Bob Newhart Humor
People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. -Bob Newhart Humor
