Robin Williams Quotes - Page 4

To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.

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.

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.

Even mistakes can be wonderful.

Ballet: men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.

You could talk about same-sex marriage, but people who have been married (say) 'It's the same sex all the time.'

If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there.

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.'

The Chinese had accused the Tibetans of being terrorists, which is weird. A Tibetan terrorist is like an Amish hacker. It just doesn't fit.

Be prepared for luck.

You have to break in half to love somebody.

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

If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.

You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with the fear and still not paralyze you or tell you that it's going away. You say, OK, you got certain choices here, you can laugh at them and then once you've laughed at them and you have expunged the demon, now you can deal with them. That's what I do when I do my act.

The great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.

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.

The idea of being a character who is kind of isolated, I can relate to that.

A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.

Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.

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.

Compassionate conservative. I don't know what that is, it sounds like a Volvo with a gun rack.

People say that I'm a tree hugger, but I do a lot more than hug trees. I like having my drinking water without faecal matter, that's really nice. Or acceptable levels of strychnine. I'm an air breather, I've gotten used to that over the years.

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