Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. – Bob Newhart
I really dont know what makes a comedian. I think its a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. – Bob Newhart
Im most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you dont have that, you really dont have very much. – Bob Newhart
I dont like country music, but I dont mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means put down. – Bob Newhart
For one seldom hears a genuine laugh nowadays, and much of the phraseology of laughter is a mere fashion of speech. There are many people whose sides have never ached from over-indulgence in the outward expression of mirth…. With some persons a wheeze or a chuckle is the utmost they can compass. – “Laughter,” in The Spectator for the week ending Saturday, January 19, 1889