{"author":"Bob Newhart","author_id":"Bob+Newhart","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["history","american","important "],"id":959,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["memories","great","me "],"id":15020,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["time","art","great "],"id":90579,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["want","you","weapon "],"id":104982,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I'll cry.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["comedy","crying","laughter"],"id":163114,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["fun","think","you "],"id":226930,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["laughter","moments "],"id":248789,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"What you see on stage is pretty much the way I am... A dry sense of humor.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["i am","sense of humor","you "],"id":259445,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?'.","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["me","why","you "],"id":271308,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"},{"text":"I remember seeing a movie with Jose Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney where they were husband and wife, and they got in bed, and he had on polka-dot pajamas and she had on striped pajamas, and when they got up the next morning he had on the striped pajamas and she had the polka dot pajamas, and that was considered racy at that time!","author":"Bob Newhart","tags":["time","wife","remember "],"id":273796,"author_id":"Bob+Newhart"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}