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Robin Williams: The Best Quotes And Lines From The King Of Improvisation

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I don’t know about you, but if you ask me about the movies that made my childhood, the face that pops up in my mind is Robin Williams’. From Mrs. Doubtfire to Bicentennial Man, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Dead Poets Society, there’s probably not a single '80s or '90s kid who didn’t grow up fascinated by his personality and talent.

Robin Williams is a Hollywood icon who has left behind a legacy of pure comedy. His funny lines made him one of the most hilarious and talented actors of his time, and when he died, he left cinephiles and stand-up comedy fans with a void in their chests. His death was especially heartbreaking because it came so suddenly and unexpectedly. He had been battling depression for years, but no one outside of his family and friends knew how serious it had become until the news came out.

He was a man who always seemed to know what to do. He was famous for his improvisational skills, body language, and facial expressions that made the audience burst out laughing. You could always count on him to have something funny up his sleeve at any given moment, which is why it’s so hard to imagine this comedic genius not being able to see a glimmer of hope around him.

Even though we will never see him in a new blockbuster on our screens again, we can still remember Robin Williams’ best lines and performances with great joy and nostalgia. Today marks his birthday, and we thought to honor it with a collection of his greatest one-liners and movie quotes.

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#1

Robin williams still from World's Greatest Dad "I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone."

91points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

A deep and insightful comment from a deep and insightful person.

22points

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#2

"I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anybody else to feel like that."

74points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

He was talking about himself?

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#3

"Time is the best teacher, unfortunately, it kills all of its students."

70points

Angela Davis 2 years ago

That's very deep

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#4

"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."

68points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

He was an old soul. He knew. He just knew wise things. Miss you, Robin!

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#5

Robin williams on a horse from night at a museum "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.'"

68points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

Never knew Robin knew how to weld.

6points

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#6

"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, everywhere even the stars."

59points

Hill Branda 2 years ago

That's lovely.

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#7

"The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery."

56points

Sandra Schrader 2 years ago

So true, we have to protect all people

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#8

"I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself."

56points

W.D. Callahan 2 years ago

I mean... It should be.

6points

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#9

"All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul."

56points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

That's what he did.

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#10

Robin williams with a beard in jumanji "Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma."

54points

A. 2 years ago (edited)

This!! People love my sense of humor. Very few people know that the tears behind my mask seldom cease.

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#11

"We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."

54points

tricia davis 2 years ago

One of my all time favs...can remember exactly where I saw it and with who. Still watch it everytime it's on....oh captain, my captain

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#12

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

53points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

He had plenty - and didn't we love him for it?!

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#13

"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."

51points

Leo Bredernitz 2 years ago

Already on it robin. Already on it

1point

#14

"What’s wrong with death, sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can’t we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity, and decency, and God forbid, maybe even humor? Death is not the enemy, gentlemen. If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference."

47points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

This. Here was a man who made the production companies for his movies hire the local homeless to work on set so they could have jobs and income, even if temporary. He did not turn a blind eye to those less fortunate in order to feel morally superior.

12points

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#15

Robin Williams in the wind from what dreams may come "We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins."

46points

Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago

😂...I read this one in his perfect comedy voice

5points

#16

"Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end none of us have very long on this earth. Life is fleeting. And if you’re ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky."

46points

Hill Branda 2 years ago

True. Worrying without ever taking action is just pointless and wears you out. I get so anxious sometimes that I make myself sick and for what?

8points

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#17

"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 a dealer…"

45points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago (edited)

I have an incurable inoperable back problem it gives me pain of 10+ every day some days worse than others , I asked my GP to prescribe me medical marijuanas to relieve my pain to at least to give me a decent nights sleep but he declined instead he was happy to prescribe a sleeping draught which dealer is fairer

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#18

"The things we fear the most have already happened to us."

44points

Irishwoman abroad 2 years ago

😢

0points

#19

"Death is nature’s way of saying, ‘Your table is ready.'"

44points

Michael Comeau 2 years ago

Party of 3 your tables ready

1point

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#20

Robin Williams on the phone from what dreams may come "If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?"

43points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

Nanoo Nanoo Mork calling Orsen

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#21

"We get to choose who we let in our weird little worlds."

42points

Jessica N 2 years ago

This! Life is too short to keep horrible toxic people around. It doesn't matter if you were born to them or chose to be around them originally- cut out the people who make you miserable. I haven't spoken to my parents/"family" in years and it's wonderfully freeing not facing that holier than thou judgement. My chosen family of friends and s.o. are positive, supportive, and i enjoy their company unlike those i share genetics with.

0points

#22

"Good people end up in Hell because they can’t forgive themselves."

41points

A. 2 years ago

Truer words were never spoken.

6points

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#23

"Make your life spectacular. I know I did."

41points

Emma Dakin 2 years ago

True ❤️

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#24

"Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs."

39points

Gina Mangin 2 years ago

Ha!

0points

#25

Robin williams talking in jumanji "Stop being afraid of getting older. With age comes wisdom and confidence."

39points

Trinity Cottrell 2 years ago

I'm 22 and my comedic little line I use when my family asks me to do something is: "I'm getting too bloody old and fat for this c**p."

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#26

"Imagining something is better than remembering something."

38points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

True. Endless entertainment.

9points

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#27

"Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun."

38points

#28

"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'!'"

37points

Irishwoman abroad 2 years ago

I can hear him saying this! 😂

0points

#29

"There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot."

37points

Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago

Even if you don't succeed, at least you learned how not to do whatever it was...

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#30

Robin Williams talking and smiling from what dreams may come "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?'"

36points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Given the state of the world today, that's not a surprising development.

0points

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#31

"I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken."

36points

Iam Knucks 2 years ago

I'd watch it.

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#32

"Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers."

36points

#33

"You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome."

36points

Jessica Bower 2 years ago

When doing so, only tell them when the bill comes, not before ordering cuz them they get ideas 💡

0points

#34

"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.'"

34points

Shiny1 2 years ago

when I feel like I'd rather be bored than climb out of my comfort zone it's time to start climbing!

3points

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#35

serious Robin Williams from what dreams may come "People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House."

33points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

And in congress too. In fact it thrives in all of politics.

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#36

"I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience."

33points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

He was a genius at comedy.

7points

#37

"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."

33points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

And now you know, Robin. Now you know. Come back soon.

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#38

"Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it."

32points

Iam Knucks 2 years ago

Finding a reason to be grateful during hard times is a real struggle. Well done sir.

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#39

"It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work."

32points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

Right to the end.

4points

#40

Robin Williams smiling in what dreams may come "The 'Aladdin' thing - that's not work; that's just fun. Three days in the recording studio going mad, then the animators do all the work. Not a bad way to cash a large check, my friend."

32points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

Turn everything, everything you do into fun

3points

#41

"Death–to blink for an exceptionally long period of time."

32points

#42

"To be free. Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world."

32points

Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago

But who am I kidding? Genie, wake up and smell the hummus

6points

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#43

"Sometimes you can have a whole lifetime in a day and never notice that this is a beautiful as it gets."

32points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I have seen a whole lifetime in a matter of seconds but every sunset still amazes me

5points

#44

"You know, some parents, when they’re angry, they get along much better when they don’t live together. They don’t fight all the time, and they can become better people, and much better mummies and daddies for you. And sometimes they get back together. And sometimes they don’t, dear. And if they don’t, don’t blame yourself. Just because they don’t love each other anymore, doesn’t mean that they don’t love you. There are all sorts of different families."

31points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I have travelled life’s path and met and loved only one person , the thought of divorce or being away from her even for a second terrifies me , but yet as we now both age ,and the ageing mechanism has no friends I must consider leaving my darling in death , but in the reality that we might well return….to do it all again ..Luv you Helen

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#45

Robin williams as teddy roosevelt in night in a museum "I love kids, but they are a tough audience."

30points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

True that.

0points

#46

"Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death."

30points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

As I die I want to hear a good joke

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#47

"Do you think God gets stoned? I think so… look at the platypus."

30points

Leo Bredernitz 2 years ago

Here's one of his quotes that are perfect,"he broke the mold when he made me dear. He made me special." Mrs.doughtfire, second time on the bus with old bus driver guy.

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#48

"There is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful."

30points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

More or less what the Dalai Lama said.

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#49

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"

29points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

Me, an introvert, responding "I'm fine thanks."

6points

#50

Robin williams and adam sandler in night in a museum "Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!"

29points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

We have Presidents that want to be actors and actors that want to be Presidents

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#51

"I’m a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge."

29points

Sarah Rose Johnstone 2 years ago

Aren't we all just two, or more for the price of one?

3points

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#52

"You don’t know about real loss because it only occurs when you’ve loved something more than you love yourself."

29points

Kathryn Clark 2 years ago

Isn't this from "Good Will Hunting"?

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#53

"Being a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on the radio."

29points

Bardhi's Dad 2 years ago

Here he's talking about me 😂

1point

#54

"What some folks call impossible is just stuff they haven’t seen before."

29points

Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago

Don't tell me I can't do something! I'll do it twice and post the pics on the Arachnet!

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#55

Robin williams as a doctor in what dreams may come "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."

29points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Totally agree.

0points

#56

"The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke. Don't tell me jokes - I have that. People also say the weirdest things, sometimes sarcastic things, and even evil things. They like to provoke to get a reaction."

28points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I love to listen to stand up comedians I love one liners , I have to sit in the front to hear every word but I laugh and laugh and laugh . Members of the audience look at me like I am insane …I am totally flattered and proud that they think that way

5points

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#57

"A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven."

28points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

All I want to know that if our soul ( our brain if you wish) is able to transmit and receive , then when we pass ..firstly what is the last thing our brain will say about us , second who is listening and thirdly what instructions do they relay for where the soul is to go ??

3points

#58

"Marriage is a triumph of imagination over intelligence."

28points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

After 56 years of marriage my wife still can’t understand my humour she says it is strange , I am deeply Flattered

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#59

"The world is your oyster. Never stop trying new things."

28points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

Never know when you'll stumble on a pearl.

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#60

Robin williems smiling in dead poet society "A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys."

27points

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#61

"I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process."

27points

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#62

"I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal."

27points

#63

"The world is open for play, everything and everybody is mockable in a wonderful way."

27points

Leo Bredernitz 2 years ago

He even rhymed

0points

#64

"Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift."

27points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

I'm probably the last one of those three.

0points

#65

Robin williams surrounded by flowers in what dreams may come "No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

26points

A. 2 years ago

Robin changed all our worlds for the better.

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#66

"Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?"

26points

Shannon Dasher 2 years ago

Because everyone is rushing to get home at the same time? They are going no where, fast.

2points

#67

"I have not thought about it, but when I die, just dance on my grave and water the plants with what you are drinking. Please do not clone me, because after a while your clone is not as bright as you are."

26points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

Didn't Rob Schneider have a movie proving that?

1point

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#68

"Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose."

25points

Shirley Yee 2 years ago

Amazing and wonderful like Robin was (is)

1point

#69

"Reality: What a concept!"

25points

#70

Robin Williams getting married in what dreams may come "I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing."

25points

#71

"There are 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."

24points

#72

"What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."

23points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

Churchill said that was the American Way. Hope he as wrong.

1point

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#73

"Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person."

23points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

Many people on the street are ..actors ..when they all imagine themselves to be stand up people

2points

#74

"Carpe per diem - seize the check."

22points

#75

Robin williams standing in jumanji "A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills - no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while."

22points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Unless it's a mother defending her children, she becomes something akin to a super volcano.

0points

#76

"I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a movie that people treated as more than a movie."

22points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I watch the main scene over and over but I waited for the wonderful main line ..”Thank you boys” by that time my heart was …crying

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#77

"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."

22points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

And never give that up no matter how "unpopular" people claim it is.

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#78

"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."

22points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I hear my father , i dote on his every word he was a great man a great person , in my eyes his only weakness was that he ..Worked himself to death RIP

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#79

"Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet."

21points

#80

Robin williams looking through binoculars as teddy Roosevelt in night in a museum "I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia."

21points

#81

"My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings."

21points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I have watched as my childrens children arrived then to watch as my childrens , childrens , children arrived to try and make sense of how lucky we are to witness such events

1point

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#82

"Comedy is acting out optimism."

20points

#83

"If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing."

20points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

You only have to look at life to know that God has a sense of humor.

0points

#84

"In America they really do mythologise people when they die."

20points

WordWeaver 2 years ago

Elvis went home to Jupiter.

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#85

robin williams in jumanji "I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance."

20points

#86

"Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget."

20points

#87

"When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?"

19points

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#88

"Ah, yes, divorce… from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet."

19points

#89

"Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly."

18points

Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

To Quote a great line “Politicians are thieves and liars and while kissing babies they are stealing their lollipops “ Quote from The Hunt for the Red October

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#90

Robin williams smiling laughing in what dreams may come "You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand."

18points

Stephanie Goadsby 2 years ago

"Where did you get the coconut?"

2points

#91

"Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier."

18points

#92

"There are no rules. Just follow your heart."

18points

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#93

"For a while you get mad, then you get over it."

18points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Wish more people had this attitude.

0points

#94

"You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to."

18points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Sounds alot like today's world.

0points

#95

Robin williams with glasses in hook "On stage you’re free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, you’d be arrested."

18points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Unfortunately not even being on stage is free anymore.

0points

#96

"Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you’re making too much money."

18points

#97

"Cricket is basically baseball on valium."

17points

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#98

"I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born."

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#99

"Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string."

17points

Asher Tye 2 years ago

Nah man, you just never had it done right

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#100

robin williams smiling in jumanji "The only weapon we have is the comedy."

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#101

"I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way."

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Jody Whitmarsh 2 years ago

I think about this scene a lot

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#102

"Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started."

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#103

"I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice."

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Michael Largey 2 years ago

Sorry, but I'm fairly certain that this was from Steve Martin.

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#104

"You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the South? Nothing! Someone’s losing a trailer, number one."

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#105

Robin williams very serious in what dreams may come "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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Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Indeed so Robin.

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#106

"Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you, sometimes surreptitiously, is creepy. They come up and just start talking to you, and you can see the red light on their phone."

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Asher Tye 2 years ago

Wisdom from a fuzzy friend.

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#107

"We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture."

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Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

Robin , only you could say something like this

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#108

"The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I went through all that madness early on."

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Jessica Bower 2 years ago

Imposter syndrome can be a symptom of depression

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#109

"I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet."

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#110

robin williams in a suit in dead poet society "Stand-up is the place where you can do tings that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage, you’re licensed to do that. It’s an understood relationship. You walk on stage, it’s your job. Then it’s a question of what can you get away with."

15points

Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

Today you can get away with nothing it seems.

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#111

"Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party."

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#112

"If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days."

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Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

It would still leave the world a better place.

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#113

"For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see."

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#114

"Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah."

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Asher Tye 2 years ago

Of only we'd noticed just how hard.

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#115

robin williams as a doctor in what dreams may come "I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor."

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#116

"The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running."

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#117

"Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing."

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#118

"There’s a world out there. Open a window, and it’s there."

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#119

"Goooood Morning, Vietnam!"

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#120

robin williams talking surrounded by people in dead poets society "Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing."

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#121

"I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person."

13points

#122

"I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there."

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Ambry Petersen 2 years ago

And now we can see it even clearer....sadly.

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#123

"My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled."

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#124

"There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold them up, and if they don't bite you, they might win."

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#125

robin williams giving a lecture in dead poets society "You have this idea that you’d better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no, actually if you take a break people might be more interested in you."

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#126

"When you have a great audience, you can just keep going and finding new things."

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#127

"Age makes you more confident. When you realize that it’s time now to just do things. When there’s not the pressure to perform on some level of expectations, there’s more to just explore."

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#128

"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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Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

As I read the last lines quoted here I start crying , not crying with sadness but tears of laughter and my humour of 75 years improves with every line I just pause to hear those words..”Thank you Boys” and my humour is revitalised..Thanks Robin you will never be forgotten

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#129

"The only reason Mickey Mouse has four fingers is that he can’t pick up a check."

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#130

robin williams giving a lecture in dead poets society "I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way."

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#131

"I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish."

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Crocodile Pete 2 years ago

I have a problem doing an Australian accent then I think of Hoges and there it is “ Gudday Mate “

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#132

"You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous."

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#133

"I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people."

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#134

"My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly."

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#135

robin williams dressed up in hook "I bought one of the first Nintendo systems and brought that home, and we were playing 'Legend of Zelda' at the time, and it was addicting, and I was playing it for hours and hours and hours."

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Leo Bredernitz 2 years ago

I have every zelda game ever to have existed

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#136

"Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got the human game preserve to play off of. And it's a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you're playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics."

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#137

"I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it."

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#138

"In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter."

11points

#139

"From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger usually attract the more aggressive fans."

11points

#140

robin williams with a smoking pipe in popeye "It’s great to play… Who wants to be deeply serious all the time? That would suck, I think. But I’m just now getting to the point where you realize, ‘Wait, you don’t have to play all the time.’ It’s exhausting, and you have to save something for when you come home. [My ex-wife] Marsha gets asked that all the time: ‘He must be really wild at home!’ The truth is that if I were, she wouldn’t be alive. That type of freneticism is insane."

11points

Susan Boulton 2 years ago

Robin Williams did commit suicide. However it was a decision he came to after finding out that he was diagnosed with Lewy body disease. Which is a ungodly crippling of the mind in a very, very short space of time. He went out on his own terms instead of ending up a pathetic, drooling individual. To me, that's grace under pressure

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I'm Neilas, Content Production Manager for Bored Panda in the Home & Design category. In this role, I try to ensure the quality of our articles to bring the best possible web surfing experience to our readers. I love a well-structured, informative, and illustrative article, whether it's for design ideas, gardening solutions, or cute dogs and cats. I made it my mission to ensure our readers get to experience the same thing. As for my personal interests, I produce music, sometimes go out and take pictures of nice stuff, and have petrol running through my veins. I'm an avid fan of Formula 1 and Motorsport in general, taking every chance I get to burn some rubber at local go-cart tracks. Of course, movies, gaming, and racing simulators are a big part of my daily life, too.

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Writer on a quest to explore every corner of the world, one country at a time. Fueled by my love for Arcane, oversized hoodies, and weightlifting, I try my best to bring even more fun energy to Bored Panda. My cup of tea? Pop culture, funny content, sharing interesting facts about the world, and creating listicles for fellow Pandas. When I’m not crafting articles, my eyes are still glued to a screen — be it binge-watching my favorite shows, leveling up in video games, or learning Spanish with Duolingo. Always on the hunt for the ultimate playlist, I scour Deezer to find the right tunes to listen to while working on my creative projects.

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BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago

I'm never going to stop missing Robin Williams <3

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BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago

I'm never going to stop missing Robin Williams <3

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