Bob Quotes - Page 3

• I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.

  Drew Carey

  Two, Guy, Cleveland

  "Drew Carey remembers when The Tonight Show really meant something". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2012.

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• I don't see you making a movie about Bob Arum.

  Don King

  Boxing

  "Don King: Only in America". TV Movie, www.imdb.com. 1997.

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• ""Dear girl," continued Bob advancing with an imbecile grin upon his countenance, which he imagined no doubt to be a seductive smile, "fly with me! Be mine! Share with me the wild free life of a barrister! Say that you return the love which consumes my heart - oh, say it!" Here Bob put his hand over a hole in his waistcoat and struck a dramatic attitude.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Girl, Attitude, Humorous

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Michael Gibson, Richard Lancelyn Green (1982). “Uncollected stories”, Harvill Secker

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• Her phone rang again. “What?” she snapped as she answered it. Myrnin, of course. “Are you on your way?” “No!” “Claire, there are things to do.” “Here, too,” she said. “And I’m staying here, believe me.” Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, “Bob would be very disappointed in you.” “Bob the spider?” “He looks at you like a mother, you know. I’m surprised at your lack of work ethic. Think of the example you set for—” She hung up on him and turned the phone on vibrate and relaxed in Shane’s arms.

  Rachel Caine

  Mother, Believe, Thinking

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• Does Uncle Bob have anything?" "I heard he has an STD." "I mean on the women." "Oh, I have no idea if they have any STDs.

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Mean, Ideas

  Darynda Jones (2013). “Fifth Grave Past the Light”, p.159, Macmillan

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• I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

  Carol Burnett

  Stars, Two, Dancer

  "Comedian Carol Burnett dishes". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2010.

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• I believe there should be no more drama, but it's everywhere you go. It's just about how you get out. You've gotta bob and weave because it's everywhere. How do I keep the drama low? It's about using your head.

  Mary J. Blige

  Drama, Believe, Lows

  "Mary J. Blige Interview THE HELP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 10, 2011.

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• Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Sense Of Humor, Mark

  "Hope hailed by friends, family, fans". www.cnn.com. July 29, 2003.

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• [S]omething inside us, the feeling of resentment, the feeling that wants to get one's own back, must be simply killed. I do not mean that anyone can decide this moment that he will never feel it anymore. That is not how things happen. I mean that every time it bobs its head up, day after day, year after year, all our lives long, we must hit it on the head. It is hard work, but the attempt is not impossible.

  C. S. Lewis

  Hard Work, Mean, Years

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• Where have you been?" I stepped into my apartment and met Uncle Bob's glare with one of my own. "Out trying to pass myself off as a movie producer to get hot guys to sleep with me. Where have you been?

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Sleep, Guy

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.114, Macmillan

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• We got an expression ride back to the palace of Hades. Nico sent word ahead, thanks to some ghost he summoned out of the ground, and within a few minutes the Three Furies themselves arrived to ferry us back. They weren't thrilled about lugging Bob the Titan, too, but I didn't have the heart to leave him behind, especially after he noticed my shoulder wound, said, "Owie", and healed it with a touch.

  Rick Riordan

  Heart, Expression, Three

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• I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I'm stronger. Bob Marley (March 1981)

  Bob Marley

  Stronger, Belief, March

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• I've been a fan of Kenny Bob's for almost 20 years, and he's always made me laugh, and laugh hard! He is just, flat-out, a great entertainer!

  Bob Goen

  Years, Laughing, Fans

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• If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isn’t sending you the ‘let’s go back to my place’ signals. In that case—” “Don’t go there, Bob. Let’s just not go there.

  Nora Roberts

  Should Have, Wind, Assuming

  Nora Roberts (2009). “Vision In White: Number 1 in series”, p.93, Hachette UK

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• Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. "How does he always get food stuck to him?" I asked Morelli. "I don't know," Morelli said. "It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure." -Morelli And Stephanie

  Janet Evanovich

  Dog, Fall, Thinking

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• Bob Barr is not crazy enough for my taste.

  Penn Jillette

  Crazy, Taste, Enough

  "Penn Jillette on Election 2008". Interview With David Weigel, reason.com. November 3, 2008.

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• I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just what I've always liked - people who would talk real honestly about their lives and their circumstance.

  Jewel

  Real, People, Mentor

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• That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.

  Wyclef Jean

  Mind, Singing, Hook

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• Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

  Wyclef Jean

  Love, Peace, Marley

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• After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

  Kin Hubbard

  School, Long, Literature

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• My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive.

  Josh Hartnett

  Musical, Zeppelins, Taste

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• President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.

  Newt Gingrich

  Jobs, Usa, President

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• Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

  Al Franken

  Be Kind, Sense Of Humor, Used

  Interview with Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. November, 1996.

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• Gregory Corso used to get really pissed when people called Bob Dylan a 'poet.' After writing poetry for a few years, I can understand that.

  Steve Earle

  Writing, Years, People

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• With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims, And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns, Who among them would try to impress you? -Bob Dylan, "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (1966)

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Book, Eye

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