What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.

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Robert Orbenwas an American professional comedy writer and magician. He wrote multiple books on comedy, mostly collections of gags and “one-liners” originally written for his newsletter, Orben’s Current Comedy, and also wrote books for magicians.

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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.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Love is so confusing – you tell a girl she looks great and what’s the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Spring is God’s way of saying, ‘One more time!’

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

There are days when it takes all you’ve got just to keep up with the losers.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

More than ever before, Americans are suffering from back problems: back taxes, back rent, back auto payments.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Never raise your hand to your children – it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they’d bust it to Corporal!

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that’s not true. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

If you can laugh together, you can work together.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Do your kids a favor – don’t have any.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

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

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)

Quit worrying about your health. It will go away.

Robert Orben

American writer and magician (1927-2023)