Robin Williams was a legendary comedian and actor who brought joy and laughter to millions of people around the world. His unique brand of humor was both irreverent and insightful, often tackling serious topics with a lighthearted touch. Williams was known for his lightning-fast wit and his ability to improvise on the spot, making each performance a one-of-a-kind experience. Whether he was playing a zany alien, a beloved teacher, or a quirky radio host, Williams always brought his A-game and left audiences in stitches. His legacy lives on through his timeless movies and TV shows, as well as his unforgettable stand-up comedy routines.
Robin Williams Quotes
‘“When you really do find a new idea or you’re in and it’s all working, that’s the gift. It’s like a musician when they hit a riff, that’s when you’re like all right, it’s mellow. You back off and just ride it.”’
‘“It doesn’t matter who you are, if you’ve got the legs, you can hang with them.”’
‘The idea of being a character who is kind of isolated, I can relate to that.”’
‘“My God, look at the size of this man! Quick! Tell the other villagers we’re going back to the boats!”’
‘“Cable is not bound because people pay for it. It’s literally a choice, that’s the operative word. If you don’t like the language, if cocksucker offends you, then turn it off.”’
‘“To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.”’
‘“Comedy pays the bills if I can’t find a film.”’
‘“It’s that idea that you can have one drink – and no you can’t. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, ‘Wow.’”’
‘“Before the Web, there was just one guy running around saying ‘I KNOW!’”’
‘“People would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, ‘I don’t have that button.’”’
‘ “You can start any ‘Monty Python’ routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.”’
‘ “There’s no question this is where I want to live. Never has been.”’
‘“A place where we all go can’t be bad.”’
‘“With mountain biking, it’s always that constant thing, negotiating singletrack, which I like, but for a road ride that rhythm is really Buddhist. When you get a good pedal stoke, it’s that thing of everything works.”’
‘“Even evangelicals realize that Pinocchio’s father was a carpenter too. That’s the old joke.”’
‘“I feel like I’m a big human snot.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“That’s the formaldehyde. That’s why Granny’s so well-preserved.”’
‘“The idea of having a steady job is appealing.”’
‘“My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.”’
‘“Men may have wars, but women have their period. Men go off and kill each other, but women say nasty things, which is even better.”’
‘“If you want to die, don’t make a mistake and not quite kill yourself because the medical bills in America are hideous.”’
‘“It’s always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it.”’
‘“Crying never helped anybody do anything, okay? You have a problem you face it like a man.”’
‘“Women are incredibly intuitive. If anybody on the planet is going to evolve to the next level, that telekinetic thing, women will.”’
‘“You’re still young. Being a true loser takes years of inaptitude.”’
‘“I’m a very tolerant man, except when it comes to holding a grudge.”’
‘“What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees.”’
‘“I was an only child. I did have kind of like a lonely existence.”’
‘“My battles with addiction definitely shaped how I am now. They really made me deeply appreciate human contact. And the value of friends and family, how precious that is.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“I love kids, but they are a tough audience.”’
‘“You have an internal critic, an internal drive that says, ‘OK, you can do more.’ Maybe that’s what keeps you going.”’
‘“Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.”’
‘“Dreams don’t deal in time. Time doesn’t count.”’
‘“If we were interested in making money, we wouldn’t have become teachers.”’
‘“We’ve had cloning in the South for years. It’s called cousins.”’
‘“Being a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on radio.”’
‘“Being alone onstage is like legalized insanity.”’
‘“The only weapon we have is comedy.”’
‘“You’re best when you’re not in charge. The ego locks the muse.”’
‘“I do believe in love; it’s wonderful – especially love third time around, it’s even more precious; it’s kind of amazing.”’
‘“I want everyone out there in TV land to touch the TV. Touch the back of the TV and get a shock for Jesus.”’
‘Never go to Pluto, it’s a Mickey Mouse planet.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“I learned that by being entertaining you make a connection with another person.”’
‘“If heaven exists, to know that there’s laughs, that would be a great thing…”’
‘“With a bike you go from zero to a hundred in terms of mobility.”’
‘“Clouds are like boogers hanging on the nostrils of the moon.”’
‘“Keith Richards is the only man who can make the Osbournes look Amish.”’
‘“Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn’t too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.”’
‘“Gradual school is where you go to school and you gradually find out you don’t want to go to school anymore.”’
‘“You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don’t become stupid!”’
‘“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.”’
‘“We’re not laughing at you – we’re laughing near you.”’
‘“Compassionate conservative, that’s like having a gun rack on a Volvo.”’
‘“We get to choose who we let in to our weird little worlds.”’
‘“Carpe Diem! Make your lives extraordinary.”’
‘“You’d think all of these “atypical” somethings would add up to a typical something.”’
‘“Even mistakes can be wonderful.”’
‘“We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.”’
‘“Women are wonderful. They’re amazing creatures. You can never learn enough! They’re addicting in the most amazing sense.”’
‘“A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.”’
‘“Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It’s called fun.”’
‘“Sometimes you can have a whole lifetime in a day and never notice that this is a beautiful as it gets.”’
‘“You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the south? Nothing! Someone is losing a trailer.”’
‘“Death is nature’s way of saying, ’your table is ready.”’
‘“Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it.”’
‘There are times when life’s just real quiet and simple. I sometimes get tired of people saying, “Well, what are you really like?””’
‘“Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose.”’
‘“Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.”’
‘“Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but when it does, it’s like open-field running.”’
‘“You can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.”’
‘“The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.”’
‘“Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.”’
‘“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.’”’
‘You appreciate little things, like walks on the beach with a defibrillator.”’
‘“People say satire is dead. It’s not dead; it’s alive and living in the White House.”’
‘“All it takes is a beautiful fake smile to hide an injured soul.”’
‘“You’re going to the cemetery with your toothbrush. How Egyptian.”’
‘“In the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant.”’
‘“Carpe Diem, everyday!!!”’
‘“They’re talking about partial nuclear disarmament, which is also like talking about partial circumcision – you either go all the way or forget it.”’
‘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?’”’
‘“You know what music is – a harmonic connection between all living beings.”’
‘“Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.”’
‘“Go pump some neurons. Expand your craniums.”’
‘“If you can remember the sixties, you weren’t there.”’
‘“We used to be hunter-gatherers, now we’re shopper-borrowers.”’
‘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.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”’
‘“It’s hotter than a snake’s ass in a wagon rut.”’
‘I know size can be daunting but don’t be afraid.”’
‘“No man is an island; but some are peninsulas.”’
‘“They say our mothers really know how to push our buttons – because they installed them.”’
‘“I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.”’
‘“What some folks call impossible is just stuff they haven’t seen before.”’
‘“All you have to do is think one happy thought, and you’ll fly like me.”’
‘“You have to break in half to love somebody.”’
‘“My favorite thing to do is ride a bicycle. I ride road bikes. And for me, it’s mobile meditation.”’
‘“Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.”’
‘“If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.”’
‘“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’”’
‘ “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?”’
‘“For a while you get mad, then you get over it.”’
‘“What’s true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not.”’
‘“The truth is, if anything, I’m probably addicted to laughter.”’
‘“She is not perfect. You are not perfect. The question is whether or not you are perfect for each other.”’
‘“There’s a time for daring and there’s a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.”’
‘“Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget.”’
‘“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.’”’
‘“Good people end up in Hell because they can’t forgive themselves.”’
‘“I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.”’
‘”We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“I’m history! No, I’m mythology! Nah, I don’t care what I am, I’m free!”’
‘“I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.”’
‘“If you’re that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem.”’
‘“Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.”’
‘”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.”’
‘“There’s a world out there. Open a window, and it’s there.”’
‘“Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.”’
‘“But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.”’
‘“If we’re going to fight a disease, let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.”’
‘“Comedy is acting out optimism.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“The things we fear the most have already happened to us.”’
‘“Don’t mess with me, man, I’m a lawyer!”’
‘“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.”’
‘“But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”’
‘“There are no rules. Just follow your heart.”’
‘“There’s no shame in failing. The only shame is not giving things your best shot.”’
‘“Make your life spectacular, I know I did.”’
‘“Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.”’
‘“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”’
‘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.”’
