Quotes by Bob Barker

About Bob Barker:

Robert William is an American former television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1974.
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I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.

Bob Barker

I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

Bob Barker

Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes. I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our country have decided that Bob Barker can stay.

Bob Barker

Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.

Bob Barker

Many people have the idea that game shows are easy to come up with. And nothing could be further from the truth.

Bob Barker

I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known.

Bob Barker

I'm a vegetarian - I think there's a strong possibility, had I not become a vegetarian, I would not be working now. I became a vegetarian about 25 years ago, and I did it out of concern for animals. But I immediately began having more energy and feel...

Bob Barker

You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights.

Bob Barker

Author Bio

  • NameBob Barker
  • DescriptionAmerican television game show host
  • BornDecember 12, 1923
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter
  • AwardsDaytime Emmy Award For Outstanding Game Show Host