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Hugh Laurie quotes: Perseverance does not equal worthiness. Next time you want to get my attention, wear something fun. Low-riding jeans are hot.

Perseverance does not equal worthiness. Next time you want to get my attention, wear something fun. Low-riding jeans are hot.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I am a coffee fanatic. Once you go to proper coffee, you can't go back. You cannot go back.

I am a coffee fanatic. Once you go to proper coffee, you can't go back. You cannot go back.

Hugh Laurie quotes: It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make a blues record.

It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make a blues record.

Hugh Laurie quotes: One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes.

One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes.

Hugh Laurie quotes: To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.

I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I dare say being a receptionist at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square gets you a reasonable salary and all the nylon stockings you can eat,

I dare say being a receptionist at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square gets you a reasonable salary and all the nylon stockings you can eat,

Hugh Laurie quotes: The glory of American television is Dennis Franz.

The glory of American television is Dennis Franz.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish.

Russian vodka is OK if you need to clean the oven. For drinking, it must henceforth be Polish.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I had an absolutely revolting lunch with O'Neal. Although the food was pretty good.

I had an absolutely revolting lunch with O'Neal. Although the food was pretty good.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Happiness is the twinkle in your grandmother's eye as you reverse the tractor off her legs.

Happiness is the twinkle in your grandmother's eye as you reverse the tractor off her legs.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Of course, they hadn't really been happier at all. But they 'd been days, and they'd had Sarah in them, and that was near enough.

Of course, they hadn't really been happier at all. But they 'd been days, and they'd had Sarah in them, and that was near enough.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.

I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.

Hugh Laurie quotes: He picked up the fountain pen and clicked the top on and off a few times while he listened.

He picked up the fountain pen and clicked the top on and off a few times while he listened.

Hugh Laurie quotes: This was all horribly wrong. This was red wine with fish. This was a man wearing a dinner jacket and brown shoes. This was as wrong as things get.

This was all horribly wrong. This was red wine with fish. This was a man wearing a dinner jacket and brown shoes. This was as wrong as things get.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Well, that obviously wasn't good enough. Not by a long shot. Saying period at the end of something doesn't make it incontrovertible.

Well, that obviously wasn't good enough. Not by a long shot. Saying period at the end of something doesn't make it incontrovertible.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I didn't feel so bad about the myrrh, because I've never been quite certain what it is.

I didn't feel so bad about the myrrh, because I've never been quite certain what it is.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Americans have never really caught on to the idea of sheep. I think they think it's cissy.

Americans have never really caught on to the idea of sheep. I think they think it's cissy.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I was working on the principle, you see, that the more obvious you are, the less obvious you are.

I was working on the principle, you see, that the more obvious you are, the less obvious you are.

Hugh Laurie quotes: God and the Doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before John Owen

God and the Doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before John Owen

Hugh Laurie quotes: This was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.

This was the tricky bit. The really tricky bit, trickiness cubed.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the crew ... so I replaced it with tequila.

I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the crew ... so I replaced it with tequila.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.

Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them.

Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Solomon raised an eyebrow. Or rather, he left it where it was and dropped his body slightly.

Solomon raised an eyebrow. Or rather, he left it where it was and dropped his body slightly.

Hugh Laurie quotes: There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor.

There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor.

Hugh Laurie quotes: It doesn't rain at all in California. Once a month, a man drives through spraying Evian.

It doesn't rain at all in California. Once a month, a man drives through spraying Evian.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside

I would just hear piano players and I would hear music, and just think - I don't just want to sit here and passively listen; I want to get inside it.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I have always stuck up for Western medicine. You can chew all the celery you want, but without antibiotics, three quarters of us would not be here.

I have always stuck up for Western medicine. You can chew all the celery you want, but without antibiotics, three quarters of us would not be here.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Love is a word. A sound. Its association with a particular feeling is arbitrary, unmeasurable, and ultimately meaningless

Love is a word. A sound. Its association with a particular feeling is arbitrary, unmeasurable, and ultimately meaningless

Hugh Laurie quotes: Now, where did I leave my time-machine? Oh I know, next Wednesday.

Now, where did I leave my time-machine? Oh I know, next Wednesday.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I never thought I'd end up living in Los Angeles while my children grew up in Britain, but here I am, and we are all making the best of it.

I never thought I'd end up living in Los Angeles while my children grew up in Britain, but here I am, and we are all making the best of it.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Don't go to Casablanca expecting it to be like the film. In fact, if you're not too busy, and your schedule allows it, don't go to Casablanca at all.

Don't go to Casablanca expecting it to be like the film. In fact, if you're not too busy, and your schedule allows it, don't go to Casablanca at all.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I hate menus, I hate choosing food. I just want to be brought. Bring me dinner!

I hate menus, I hate choosing food. I just want to be brought. Bring me dinner!

Hugh Laurie quotes: Not before the harvest is in, and the mulesare rested

Not before the harvest is in, and the mules
are rested

Hugh Laurie quotes: People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.

People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.

Hugh Laurie quotes: It's not the way we do it on planet Earth, certainly.

It's not the way we do it on planet Earth, certainly.

Hugh Laurie quotes: My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.

My dad gave me my first bike at 16. I soon fell off and was in a wheelchair for weeks. I haven't fallen since.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Just because it's a bad job doesn't mean I need to do it badly.

Just because it's a bad job doesn't mean I need to do it badly.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Imagine that you have to break someone's arm.

Imagine that you have to break someone's arm.

Hugh Laurie quotes: To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.

To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.

Hugh Laurie quotes: It's a holy city for music.

It's a holy city for music.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Outside my window, the British public traded crack, slept with itself for money, and fought drunken battles it couldn't remember in the morning.

Outside my window, the British public traded crack, slept with itself for money, and fought drunken battles it couldn't remember in the morning.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.

Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I feel like I'm working on an oil rig right now. I'm away from home a lot.

I feel like I'm working on an oil rig right now. I'm away from home a lot.

Hugh Laurie quotes: He clambered out of the car, eager to show how quickly he could clamber out of cars, and followed at my shoulder as I strode over to the house.

He clambered out of the car, eager to show how quickly he could clamber out of cars, and followed at my shoulder as I strode over to the house.

Hugh Laurie quotes: The strange thing - and this is one of the advantages of being incredibly shallow and superficial - is that wherever I am, that's sort of home.

The strange thing - and this is one of the advantages of being incredibly shallow and superficial - is that wherever I am, that's sort of home.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I rowed for Cambridge. I was pretty good at that.

I rowed for Cambridge. I was pretty good at that.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Believe it or not, perhaps I don't show it much, or well, but I think I like people.

Believe it or not, perhaps I don't show it much, or well, but I think I like people.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Piano was - well, all musical instruments were taught in this very rigid, formal, classical method when I was young.

Piano was - well, all musical instruments were taught in this very rigid, formal, classical method when I was young.

Hugh Laurie quotes: They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.

They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. THOMAS MOORE

Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. THOMAS MOORE

Hugh Laurie quotes: I've never been clever with money. I will buy anything at the top of the market.

I've never been clever with money. I will buy anything at the top of the market.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Screw you in the ass with an anglepoise lamp,

Screw you in the ass with an anglepoise lamp,

Hugh Laurie quotes: a girl in a lemon-coloured shirt sat at a desk, with word processor, potted plant, mug of pencils, furry gonk, and wadges of orange paper.

a girl in a lemon-coloured shirt sat at a desk, with word processor, potted plant, mug of pencils, furry gonk, and wadges of orange paper.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I saw a man this morning Who did not wish to die Patrick Shaw-Stewart

I saw a man this morning Who did not wish to die Patrick Shaw-Stewart

Hugh Laurie quotes: I never was someone who was at ease with happiness.

I never was someone who was at ease with happiness.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy.

Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Every day is the opportunity for a better tomorrow.

Every day is the opportunity for a better tomorrow.

Hugh Laurie quotes: There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.

There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I have resolved to pick one novel and just read it over and over again for the rest of my life, because I cannot remember anything anymore.

I have resolved to pick one novel and just read it over and over again for the rest of my life, because I cannot remember anything anymore.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I said no thank you a dozen times, and fuck off once.

I said no thank you a dozen times, and fuck off once.

Hugh Laurie quotes: His name was Rayner. First name unknown. By me, at any rate, and therefore, presumably, by you too.

His name was Rayner. First name unknown. By me, at any rate, and therefore, presumably, by you too.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I don't like the act of talking; it makes me slightly light-headed.

I don't like the act of talking; it makes me slightly light-headed.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I think you're a dangerous, corrupt, lying piece of nine-day-old mosquito shit.

I think you're a dangerous, corrupt, lying piece of nine-day-old mosquito shit.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Humility was a cult in my family. I only got it out of my father by accident when he was very old that he had won an Olympic gold medal.

Humility was a cult in my family. I only got it out of my father by accident when he was very old that he had won an Olympic gold medal.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I had too many things to say, and too small a brain to sort them out with.

I had too many things to say, and too small a brain to sort them out with.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. Being House is like flying, too. He's free of the gravity of what people think.

Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. Being House is like flying, too. He's free of the gravity of what people think.

Hugh Laurie quotes: She turned towards me and narrowed her eyes ... narrowed them horizontally, not vertically.

She turned towards me and narrowed her eyes ... narrowed them horizontally, not vertically.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin.

I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin.

Hugh Laurie quotes: People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That's the law of nature, and you defied it.

People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That's the law of nature, and you defied it.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.

Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.

Hugh Laurie quotes: It alarms me to think of all that I have read and how little of it has stayed with me.

It alarms me to think of all that I have read and how little of it has stayed with me.

Hugh Laurie quotes: You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.

You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self.

Hugh Laurie quotes: I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't.

I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Necessity is the mother of self-delusion.

Necessity is the mother of self-delusion.

Hugh Laurie quotes: Keep on being yourself.

Keep on being yourself.

Hugh Laurie quotes: It gets on top of me and I get frustrated.

It gets on top of me and I get frustrated.