Bob Newhart Quotes

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things; it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.

We have a curious relationship with 'funny' in the U.K. We love to laugh, but we also think that making people laugh is just a little bit second-tier, especially in a literary context.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

I'm too self-serious for a comedy.

I loved humor. I had that in me.

Humor comes from self-confidence.

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

I've always thought something that makes you laugh, it makes you laugh because there's a little bit of truth to it.

I have a very dark sense of humor.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

I have so much respect for what's funny.

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.