Robert Orben
Robert Orben
Robert Orbenis best known as an American professional comedy writer, though he also worked as a speechwriter for Gerald R. Ford and as a magician. He has written multiple books on comedy, mostly collections of gags and "one-liners" originally written for his newsletter, Orben's Current Comedy, and he has also written books for magicians...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth4 March 1927
CountryUnited States of America
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Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a quick one-liner is much safer.
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The Playboy calendar this year has some tip-top models. Any more top and they'd tip.
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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.
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Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.
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Live your life so that if someone says 'Be yourself' it's good advice.
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A compliment is verbal sunshine.
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Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.
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What if the meek inherited the Earth and we had to defend ourselves from Martians?
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Did you hear about the woman who sent out 40,000 Valentine Cards doused in perfume and signed, "Guess Who?" She's a divorce lawyer.
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For Father's Day, my kids always give me a bottle of cologne called English Leather. It's appropriate! To them I always smell like a wallet.
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The true test of humility is whether you can say grace before eating crow.
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I feel that if God had really wanted us to have enough oil, he would never have given us a Department of Energy.
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Economists can certainly disappoint you. One said that the economy would turn up by the last quarter. Well, I'm down to mine and it hasn't.
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Do you realize that in the past sixty years, the only foreigners the French have been able to drive out are American tourists?