Robin Williams (1951–2014) was an exceptionally talented American actor and comedian whose boundless energy, improvisational genius, and emotional depth captivated audiences worldwide. Rising to fame with his breakout role as Mork in the TV series “Mork & Mindy,” Williams showcased his unparalleled comedic skills and charismatic presence. However, he also displayed remarkable versatility, seamlessly transitioning between comedic and dramatic roles in films like “Good Morning, Vietnam,” “Dead Poets Society,” and “Good Will Hunting,” for which he won an Academy Award.
Williams’s rapid-fire wit, unmatched improvisational abilities, and penchant for character-driven performances made him a beloved figure in entertainment. Behind the laughter, he struggled with personal demons, including depression, which tragically led to his untimely death in 2014. Despite his struggles, Robin Williams’s legacy endures as a testament to the transformative power of laughter, empathy, and the enduring impact of his remarkable talent.
Robin Williams Quotes
1. “I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.”
— Robin Williams
2. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”
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3. “You’re only given a little spark of madness. Don’t lose it.”
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4. “Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.”
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5. “You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
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6. “Don’t associate yourself with toxic people. It’s better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself.”
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7. “Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.”
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8. “If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.”
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9. “Make your life spectacular, I know I did.”
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10. “There are no rules. Just follow your heart.”
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11. “There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.”
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12. “But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
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13. “You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.”
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14. “Don’t mess with me, man, I’m a lawyer!”
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15. “The things we fear the most have already happened to us.”
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16. “You know what music is? God’s little reminder that there’s something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.”
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17. “Kid, if You Need Booze or Drugs to Enjoy Your Life to the Fullest, You’re Doing It Wrong.”
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18. “Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are making too much money.”
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19. “Comedy is acting out optimism.”
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20. “Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”
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21. “The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter.”
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22. “I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.”
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23. “If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.”
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24. “Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.”
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25. “But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.”
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26. “There’s a world out there. Open a window, and it’s there.”
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27. “If you’re that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.”
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28. “Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.”
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29. “Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.”
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30. “I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.”
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31. “I’m history! No, I’m mythology! Nah, I don’t care what I am, I’m free!”
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32. “We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”
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33. “I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.”
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34. “Avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason boys – to woo women – and in that endeavor, laziness will not do.”
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35. “Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.”
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36. “I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.”
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37. “What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.”
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38. “Good people end up in Hell because they can’t forgive themselves.”
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39. “Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget.”
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40. “Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. ‘I want it to be the way it was.’ But if you continue the way it was there will be no ‘is.’”
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41. “There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.”
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42. “Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all.”
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43. “She is not perfect. You are not perfect. The question is whether or not you are perfect for each other.”
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44. “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’”
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45. “The truth is, if anything, I’m probably addicted to laughter.”
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46. “For a while you get mad, then you get over it.”
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47. “What’s true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not.”
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48. “We were romantics. We didn’t just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen. Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh?”
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49. “The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, ‘You want a piece of me?’”
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50. “Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.”
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51. “If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.”
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52. “Texting and driving at the same time is like jerking off and juggling at the same time. Too many balls in the air, if you catch my drift.”
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53. “Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.”
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54. “My favorite thing to do is ride a bicycle. I ride road bikes. And for me, it’s mobile meditation.”
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55. “What some folks call impossible is just stuff they haven’t seen before.”
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56. “If I could light my own farts I could fly to the moon or at least Uranus.”
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57. “When my friends and I played cowboys and Indians, I was always the Chinese railroad worker.”
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58. “Be prepared for luck.”
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59. “When you create you get a little endorphin rush. Why do you think Einstein looked like that?”
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60. “You have to break in half to love somebody.”
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61. “All you have to do is think one happy thought, and you’ll fly like me.”
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62. “You don’t need cocaine! There’s another way to get real high, and really mess your mind up, it’s called marathon running!”
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63. “I’m an Episcopal, which is Catholic Lite. It’s like same religion, half the guilt.”
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64. “As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.”
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65. “I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.”
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66. “They say our mothers really know how to push our buttons – because they installed them.”
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67. “Reality: What a concept!”
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68. “Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.”
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69. “No man is an island; but some are peninsulas.”
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70. “Mr. Keating: Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!”
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71. “I know size can be daunting but don’t be afraid.”
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72. “If you don’t keep pushing the limits, you wake up one day and you’re the “center square to block.””
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73. “It’s hotter than a snake’s ass in a wagon rut.”
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74. “The little idiosyncrasies that only I know about: that’s what made her my wife. Oh she had the goods on me too, she knew all my little peccadilloes. People call these things imperfections, but they’re not. Ah, that’s the good stuff!”
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75. “Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”
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76. “People say that I’m a tree hugger, but I do a lot more than hug trees. I like having my drinking water without faecal matter, that’s really nice. Or acceptable levels of strychnine. I’m an air breather, I’ve gotten used to that over the years.”
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77. “All the new people you meet, it’s pretty amazing. The vampire needs new blood. And there is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.”
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78. “Carpe Diem, everyday!!!”
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79. “Terrible wars have been fought where millions have died for one idea – freedom. And it seems that something that means so much to so many people would be worth having.”
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80. “My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, “If you want to do that, fine.” When I told my father I was going to be an actor, he said, “Fine, but study welding just in case.””
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81. “We used to be hunter-gatherers, now we’re shopper-borrowers.”
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82. “I’m looking for Miss Right, or at least Miss Right Now.”
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83. “If you can remember the sixties, you weren’t there.”
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84. “Go pump some neurons. Expand your craniums.”
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85. “I had sex with a prostitute when I was 21, I was so bad, she gave me a refund.”
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86. “You know what music is – a harmonic connection between all living beings.”
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87. “I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, ‘Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?’ And I said, ‘Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?’”
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88. “They’re talking about partial nuclear disarmament, which is also like talking about partial circumcision – you either go all the way or forget it.”
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89. “In the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant.”
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90. “You’re going to the cemetery with your toothbrush. How Egyptian.”
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91. “All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul.”
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92. “To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.”
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93. “People say satire is dead. It’s not dead; it’s alive and living in the White House.”
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94. “Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t cope with drugs.”
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95. “You appreciate little things, like walks on the beach with a defibrillator.”
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96. “In England, if you commit a crime, the police don’t have a gun and you don’t have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say ‘Stop, or I’ll say stop again.’”
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97. “I went to rehab for alcoholism in wine country, just to keep my options open.”
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98. “Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.”
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99. “The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.”
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100. “Carpe per diem – seize the check.”
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101. “When I’m riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence.”
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102. “You can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.”
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103. “I had to stop drinking alcohol because I used to wake up nude in front of my car with my keys in my ass.”
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104. “Mickey Mouse to a three-year-old is a six-foot-tall RAT!”
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105. “Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but when it does, it’s like open-field running.”
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106. “It’s a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you – when he comes down from the mountain and you see he’s this man with weaknesses. And you love him as this whole being, not as a figurehead.”
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107. “Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose.”
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108. “Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.”
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109. “There are times when life’s just real quiet and simple. I sometimes get tired of people saying, “Well, what are you really like?””
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110. “Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it.”
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111. “If these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this… I was here! I existed! I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world… to take my picture.”
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112. “Sucking the marrow out of life doesn’t mean choking on the bone.”
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113. “When I was growing up they used to say, “Robin, drugs can kill you.” Now that I’m 58 my doctor’s telling me, “Robin, you need drugs to live.” I realize now that my doctor is also my dealer…”
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114. “Shakespeare said, “Kill all the lawyers.” There were no agents then.”
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115. “Death is nature’s way of saying, ’your table is ready.”
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116. “You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the south? Nothing! Someone is losing a trailer.”
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117. “Whenever a big white man picks up a banjo, my cheeks tighten.”
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118. “Sometimes you can have a whole lifetime in a day and never notice that this is a beautiful as it gets.”
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119. “Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun.”
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120. “A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.”
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121. “Women are wonderful. They’re amazing creatures. You can never learn enough! They’re addicting in the most amazing sense.”
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122. “We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.”
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123. “Death – to blink for an exceptionally long period of time.”
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124. “Even mistakes can be wonderful.”
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125. “You’d think all of these “atypical” somethings would add up to a typical something.”
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126. “The entire world will be in nuclear war, and only the Swiss will be going, ‘what’s that noise?’”
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127. “Carpe Diem! Make your lives extraordinary.”
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128. “We get to choose who we let in to our weird little worlds.”
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129. “The great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.”
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130. “Compassionate conservative, that’s like having a gun rack on a Volvo.”
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131. “We’re not laughing at you – we’re laughing near you.”
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132. “If there was a pill that allowed you to drink and not get drunk, an alcoholic would go What happens if you take two?”
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133. “Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.”
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134. “You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don’t become stupid!”
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135. “Gentlemen, haven’t we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.”
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136. “Gradual school is where you go to school and you gradually find out you don’t want to go to school anymore.”
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137. “There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said, a long time ago, he said, ‘People – they’r e kinda like flowers, and it’s been a privilege walking in your garden.’ My love goes with you.”
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138. “Keith Richards is the only man who can make the Osbournes look Amish.”
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139. “Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn’t too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.”
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140. “I think it’s great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.”
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141. “Clouds are like boogers hanging on the nostrils of the moon.”
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142. “With a bike you go from zero to a hundred in terms of mobility.”
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143. “If heaven exists, to know that there’s laughs, that would be a great thing…”
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144. “I don’t have a college degree, and my father didn’t have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, “My boy’s got learnin’!””
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145. “I learned that by being entertaining you make a connection with another person.”
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146. “There’s three things in this world that you need: Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis, and a navy blazer.”
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147. “Never go to Pluto, it’s a Mickey Mouse planet.”
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148. “It’s cheaper to keep her.”
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149. “Come on now! You kick out the gooks, the next thing you know, you have to kick out the chinks, the spicks, the spooks, the kikes and all that’s going to be left is a couple of brain-dead rednecks.”
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150. “See what I mean? You gotta be crazy. Ain’t no time to be sane.”
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