Bob Newhart

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. ”

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy. ”

Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one. ”

I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm a comedian. I mean, if people like my comedy, that doesn't mean they should vote for the person I like. That's why I always kind of stayed away from endorsements. ”

I've always said people say on a dramatic show, 'I was crying. It was so emotional when he went and grabbed that little girl from a burning building and handed her over to her mother.' In comedy, the best thing you can say is, 'I think it's funny.' ”

What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... a dry sense of humor. ”

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history. ”

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy. ”

The highest of highs is to have a new routine that you're just breaking in and that's working, and that's - you're one step removed doing a situation comedy because you have a live audience there. ”

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. ”