Robin Williams Quotes

1951–2014 United States

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer, voice artist, and comedian.

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Also known as: Williams, Robin

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Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality.

On his role in The Fisher King (1991)

Death is nature's way of saying, "Your table is ready."

The Fourth—And by Far the Most Recent—637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1990)

One of the fundamental things is in a jihad. That sounds like a country western term like, "Jiii-had!"

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)

Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.

You're only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you're nothin'.

A Night at the Roxy (1978)

You have the right to bear arms, you have the right to arm bears, whatever the hell you want to do!

I would like to do for you now, a Japanese science fiction movie: "Attack of the Killer Vibrators."

Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977)

Parry is a creation — somewhat Don Quixote, somewhat Groucho Marx — but he's a creation designed to avoid a past event.

On his role in The Fisher King (1991)

Look! The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky. This bodes not well.

Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977)

My favorite athletes of any Olympics are always the African distance runners. You never have to drug test an African distance runner.

Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them. You will do shit that even the Devil would go "Dude...."

Weapons of Self Destruction (2009)

And that's when you realize that God gave you a penis and a brain and only enough blood to run one at a time.

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)

I wonder what chairs think about all day: "Oh, here comes another asshole."

Reality...What a Concept (1979)

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"

A Night at the Met (1986)

Before I go on, I want to ask if there are any Hell's Angels here tonight? [no response] … Those pussy-whipped faggots!

Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977)

Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really.

Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

The professor was on acid, and sometimes he'd shout, "I'm Lincoln!" And then, there'd be a kid in the back, "I'm Booth!"

Inside the Actors Studio (2001)

Cocaine addiction is God's way of saying "You make too damn much money!"

A Night at the Met (1986)

If alcohol is a crutch, then Jack Daniels is the wheelchair.

A Night at the Met (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robin Williams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.