“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.” MenCountryProblemLaughingGayLaughterFunny ThingsFunny WomenUptightFunny Men Author:Bob Newhart
“I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album.” MenGivingWritingYearsKindTwoShowsGuyThreePoorRecordsComedyHappenedMonthsSixDecidedSticksRadioAlbumsTwo YearsCopiesRaysAdsThree YearsBobSix MonthsGave UpOther GuysAccountingPoor Man Author:Bob Newhart
“The reason I'm a psychologist is based in part on my telephone routines. Much of my humor comes out of reaction to what other people are saying. A psychologist is a man who listens, who is sympathetic.” PeopleMenReasonReactionsTelephonesSympatheticPsychologist Author:Bob Newhart
“Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the way it is.” MenWayEmotional Author:Bob Newhart
“You may not think I'm a sex symbol, but I became a father at the age of 48. Now young people think of me as a mini-folk hero because it's difficult for them to believe a man of my age is sexually active.” PeopleThinkingMenBelieveMayAgeYoungFatherSexDifficultHeroFolksActiveSymbolsSexuallyThink Of MeSex Symbol Author:Bob Newhart
“Well, if you’re a native Chicagoan, you know how dumb he [Dr. Robert Hartley] is. He gets on the Ravenswood El, he goes past his stop on Sheridan Road, he gets off in Evanston, where the El is on the ground, and then he walks back 55 blocks to his apartment. Now, would you want to have that man as a psychologist? A man who misses his stop every day?” IfsKnowsMenWantWellsPastWalksKnow HowMissingBlockDumbNativeApartmentDrsPsychologist Author:Bob Newhart
