Robert Klein Quotes (30 Quotes)


    I was surprised how fast California became a model, ... It's inspiring.

    I still think the Legislature has to do the right thing (about the disputed revenue sources).

    We would call upon the opposition to Prop. 71 to now respect the voters' mandate and drop the appeal. Any delay at this point is inexcusable.


    What the litigation has done is coalesced even further support from individuals who are outraged that the opposition would take to the court to try to defeat the will of the people.


    In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel.

    We have other products, oil changes, car washes. It's not necessarily a loss on gasoline, but we are willing to work at lower margins,

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    California is the only state that has the capacity to do a substitute national program. California has 50 of all the biotech capacity in the United States and considered as a nation, it has more biotech research capacity than any other nation in the world.

    This decision will provide us the horsepower and direct support to move forward as we need the funds.

    So it took me five years because in the interim I have been doing a lot of personal appearances and movies and some television series that went into the plumbing and I stopped writing for a while.

    The court decision upheld Proposition 71 in its entirety. We have a victory across the board on every issue presented.

    We're heartened by the fact that (the state Supreme Court) agreed to take another look at the rationale for the decision.

    Nor did anyone censor any of my book. It is the most creative freedom you can have, in this, the 21st century, I can assure you.

    My son has been a class clown and it sort of ran in the family.

    But to do it professionally is a quantum leap difference and my father had to be persuaded by these kind of Ivy League professors that I should go to the Yale Drama School, another one of the stories in there.


    And the only studies were - Rodney Dangerfield was my mentor and he was my Yale drama school for comedy.

    The Broad research center represents the highest quality model of what Proposition 71 should be funding.

    It's going to be a challenge, but we're moving ahead,

    Stem cell research in California has officially begun. We will win in this fight against a small and politically motivated minority, step by step. They will not keep medical research from improving the lives of millions of people. We owe it to the voters, we owe it to patients, we owe it to the families of California.

    But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.

    Given the strength of this (trial) court decision, the opponents to Proposition 71 should demonstrate their respect for the voters of California who overwhelmingly approved this initiative, and patient families who suffer every day with the advance of chronic disease, by dropping their intent to appeal.

    This is a historic step for the state of California in moving forward with the funding requirements of Proposition 71 and getting funds out to researchers.

    The city has been helpful. There have been no hold-ups, but the design process has taken a long time.

    Dangerfield, who died last year, was my Yale Drama School for stand-up, ... got no respect.

    We will win this fight against a small and politically motivated minority, step by step.

    Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame.

    The '50s were terrifying with nuclear bomb stuff but boring in a social way and then the '60s were happening, and remember, there was no AIDS.

    I applaud Senator Feinstein and Governor Schwarzenegger who are part of the growing bipartisan coalition of leaders determined to give hope to patients and families suffering from chronic disease and injury. However, the Brownback bill in the United States Senate would prohibit a technique that allows critical patient-specific stem cell research. If passed, this would have overwhelming and devastating consequences to the advancement of medical science here in California and around the world, severely harming our research funding program in California and undermining the basic right of families in this country to gain access to ethical therapies to help their loved ones. We owe it to the future of California and the nation to follow the vision of hope for patients.


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