"Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started."
Robin Williams
Actor, Comedian
Robin Williams was a celebrated actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and heartfelt performances in films like 'Good Will Hunting'.
- Born
- July 21, 1951
- Died
- August 11, 2014
- Quotes
- 360
- Rank
- #376
Quote collection
Robin Williams quotes (page 2 of 18)
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"You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to."
"Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.'"
"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."
"I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church."
"You know what music is - a harmonic connection between all living beings."
"But if there's love, dear... those are the ties that bind, and you'll have a family in your heart, forever."
"Ah, yes, divorce... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."
"My religious background is that my mother is a Christian Dior Scientist."
"What is this demilitarized zone? Whatever it is, I like it! Gets you on your toes better than a strong cup of cappuccino."
"If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?"
"If you're that depressed, reach out to someone. And remember, suicide is a permanent solution, to a temporary problem."
"Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget."
"Good people end up in Hell because they can't forgive themselves."
"Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun."
"I had sex with a prostitute when I was 21, I was so bad, she gave me a refund."
"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."
"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"
"Sometimes you can have a whole lifetime in a day and never notice that this is a beautiful as it gets."
"Please, don't worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting."