Robert Orben's Quotes

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.

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Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

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To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

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Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success.

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Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.

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Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

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Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.

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Quit worrying about your health. It will go away.

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Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

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I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, 'Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!' Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself.

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Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet.

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Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?

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Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years.

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In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.

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I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

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President Ford used humor a great deal.

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