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Stephen Fry quotes: The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife. The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife.
Stephen Fry quotes: All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say ... All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say ...
Stephen Fry quotes: You should give up.''Why?''For one thing, you'll live longer.''Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer. You should give up.'
'Why?'
'For one thing, you'll live longer.'
'Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer.
Stephen Fry quotes: He had read and absorbed more than he could understand, so he lived by pastiche and pretence. He had read and absorbed more than he could understand, so he lived by pastiche and pretence.
Stephen Fry quotes: A month's salary, deep regret, the telephone number of some foul rehab clinic and my lance was free. A month's salary, deep regret, the telephone number of some foul rehab clinic and my lance was free.
Stephen Fry quotes: [his healing skills] ..lay in the ability to comfort, to comfort in the proper sense, to make strong, to fortify [his healing skills] ..lay in the ability to comfort, to comfort in the proper sense, to make strong, to fortify
Stephen Fry quotes: Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea. Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea.
Stephen Fry quotes: Coming out as gay was an easy enough matter for me, since I worked in a profession where being gay had a long history of being accepted. Coming out as gay was an easy enough matter for me, since I worked in a profession where being gay had a long history of being accepted.
Stephen Fry quotes: I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop. I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
Stephen Fry quotes: Between funny and wittyFalls the shadow Between funny and witty
Falls the shadow
Stephen Fry quotes: Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars. Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.
Stephen Fry quotes: There is no right language or wrong language any more than there are right or wrong clothes. There is no right language or wrong language any more than there are right or wrong clothes.
Stephen Fry quotes: The girl who played Gwendolen stood out like a good deed in a naughty world. The girl who played Gwendolen stood out like a good deed in a naughty world.
Stephen Fry quotes: Nature admits no hierarchy of beauty or usefulness or importance. Nature admits no hierarchy of beauty or usefulness or importance.
Stephen Fry quotes: I cannot bear natural light when I'm writing. I cannot bear natural light when I'm writing.
Stephen Fry quotes: I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way. I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.
Stephen Fry quotes: Glory never arrives through the front door. She sneaks in uninvited round the back or through an upstairs window while you are sleeping. Glory never arrives through the front door. She sneaks in uninvited round the back or through an upstairs window while you are sleeping.
Stephen Fry quotes: Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
Stephen Fry quotes: Over the years however, my nose grew and grew and it became apparent by the time I was fourteen that, like its owner, it was not growing straight. Over the years however, my nose grew and grew and it became apparent by the time I was fourteen that, like its owner, it was not growing straight.
Stephen Fry quotes: The short answer to that is 'no.' The long answer is 'fuck no. The short answer to that is 'no.' The long answer is 'fuck no.
Stephen Fry quotes: Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge. Nothing in this world is at it seems. Except, possibly, porridge.
Stephen Fry quotes: I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable. I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
Stephen Fry quotes: Simon Gray, I decided when I first witnessed this frog into prince transformation, did not have a drinking problem. He had a drinking solution. Simon Gray, I decided when I first witnessed this frog into prince transformation, did not have a drinking problem. He had a drinking solution.
Stephen Fry quotes: Just as it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, it is the belief in shamefulness that is the root of all misery. Just as it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, it is the belief in shamefulness that is the root of all misery.
Stephen Fry quotes: I've always been aware of my sexuality, but I never quite knew what it meant ... I've always been aware of my sexuality, but I never quite knew what it meant ...
Stephen Fry quotes: If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it. If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it.
Stephen Fry quotes: Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion. Shit it. Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion. Shit it.
Stephen Fry quotes: Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books
Stephen Fry quotes: There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world. There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.
Stephen Fry quotes: Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate
Stephen Fry quotes: Talent is inborn, but technique is learned. Talent is inborn, but technique is learned.
Stephen Fry quotes: If there were a God he would want us to be better spirited than to take his word for everything. If there were a God he would want us to be better spirited than to take his word for everything.
Stephen Fry quotes: I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
Stephen Fry quotes: What the eye doesn't see the stomach doesn't heave over. What the eye doesn't see the stomach doesn't heave over.
Stephen Fry quotes: I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone. I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone.
Stephen Fry quotes: Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness. Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
Stephen Fry quotes: I found it all about as arousing as a Tupperware party. I found it all about as arousing as a Tupperware party.
Stephen Fry quotes: Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously. Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
Stephen Fry quotes: An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them. An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.
Stephen Fry quotes: In a dung heap, even a plastic bead can gleam like a sapphire. In a dung heap, even a plastic bead can gleam like a sapphire.
Stephen Fry quotes: Compromise is a stalling between two fools. Compromise is a stalling between two fools.
Stephen Fry quotes: You either get Norfolk, with its wild roughness and uncultivated oddities, or you don't. It's not all soft and lovely. It doesn't ask to be loved. You either get Norfolk, with its wild roughness and uncultivated oddities, or you don't. It's not all soft and lovely. It doesn't ask to be loved.
Stephen Fry quotes: Mankind can live free in a society hemmed in by laws, but we have yet to find a historical example of mankind living free in lawless anarchy. Mankind can live free in a society hemmed in by laws, but we have yet to find a historical example of mankind living free in lawless anarchy.
Stephen Fry quotes: Come back, and do that thing, be lovely to each-other. Come back, and do that thing, be lovely to each-other.
Stephen Fry quotes: It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid. It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid.
Stephen Fry quotes: I think faith in each other is much harder than faith in God. I think faith in each other is much harder than faith in God.
Stephen Fry quotes: It was a Tuesday in February. Many my life's most awful moments have taken place on Tuesdays. And what is February if not the Tuesday of the year? It was a Tuesday in February. Many my life's most awful moments have taken place on Tuesdays. And what is February if not the Tuesday of the year?
Stephen Fry quotes: Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave
Stephen Fry quotes: If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world? If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?
Stephen Fry quotes: You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film. You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
Stephen Fry quotes: A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation. A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation.
Stephen Fry quotes: I was born Mary Patterson, but then I married and naturally took my husband's name, so now I'm Neil Patterson. I was born Mary Patterson, but then I married and naturally took my husband's name, so now I'm Neil Patterson.
Stephen Fry quotes: I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious. I'm fat because I'm greedy, and if my mind is fat it's because I'm curious.
Stephen Fry quotes: Sometimes there just isn't enough vomit in the world. Sometimes there just isn't enough vomit in the world.
Stephen Fry quotes: The service took place on one of those afternoons that occur only in the past. The service took place on one of those afternoons that occur only in the past.
Stephen Fry quotes: As absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television. As absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.
Stephen Fry quotes: Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them. Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.
Stephen Fry quotes: wisdom is the ability to cope wisdom is the ability to cope
Stephen Fry quotes: But happiness is no respecter of persons. But happiness is no respecter of persons.
Stephen Fry quotes: Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good. Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
Stephen Fry quotes: The other man's arse is always cleaner! The other man's arse is always cleaner!
Stephen Fry quotes: The puzzle that besets me is best expressed by the following statements. a: None of what follows ever happened b: All of what follows is entirely true The puzzle that besets me is best expressed by the following statements. a: None of what follows ever happened b: All of what follows is entirely true
Stephen Fry quotes: As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying. As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.
Stephen Fry quotes: Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.
Stephen Fry quotes: The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies. The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies.
Stephen Fry quotes: Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.
Stephen Fry quotes: A point of view, a single way of thinking that encompasses all elements of a subject, allows essays more or less to write themselves. A point of view, a single way of thinking that encompasses all elements of a subject, allows essays more or less to write themselves.
Stephen Fry quotes: It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common. It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
Stephen Fry quotes: A small proportion to be spent on production, the rest for wine and senseless riot. A small proportion to be spent on production, the rest for wine and senseless riot.
Stephen Fry quotes: Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers. Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.
Stephen Fry quotes: You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that. You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.
Stephen Fry quotes: The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic. The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic.
Stephen Fry quotes: I have Van Gogh's ear for music I have Van Gogh's ear for music
Stephen Fry quotes: When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists. When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
Stephen Fry quotes: Not one word of the following is true Not one word of the following is true
Stephen Fry quotes: A true thing, poorly expressed, is a lie. A true thing, poorly expressed, is a lie.
Stephen Fry quotes: How can I tell you what I think until I've heard what I'm going to say? How can I tell you what I think until I've heard what I'm going to say?
Stephen Fry quotes: Is that where it all went wrong? Or is it where it all went right? Is that where it all went wrong? Or is it where it all went right?
Stephen Fry quotes: I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all. I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.
Stephen Fry quotes: I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself. I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
Stephen Fry quotes: It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing, and without enjoying swearing. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing, and without enjoying swearing.
Stephen Fry quotes: You've just had the most imponderable joy of watching charlieissocoollike, which makes you, like, cool. You've just had the most imponderable joy of watching charlieissocoollike, which makes you, like, cool.
Stephen Fry quotes: Like a Frenchman, far from home, catching a whiff of Gauloise. Like a Frenchman, far from home, catching a whiff of Gauloise.
Stephen Fry quotes: The Gay News critic wrote that I 'carried the lilt of the Irish without the brogue'. The Gay News critic wrote that I 'carried the lilt of the Irish without the brogue'.
Stephen Fry quotes: Anger fed him and clothed him and he owed it much. Anger fed him and clothed him and he owed it much.
Stephen Fry quotes: You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children. You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children.
Stephen Fry quotes: Having a great intellect is no path to being happy. Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
Stephen Fry quotes: Poetry is not made to be sucked up like a child's milkshake, it is much better sipped like a precious malt whisky. Poetry is not made to be sucked up like a child's milkshake, it is much better sipped like a precious malt whisky.
Stephen Fry quotes: You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame. You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.
Stephen Fry quotes: You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height. You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
Stephen Fry quotes: Little girls grow up to be women, little boys grow up to be little boys. Little girls grow up to be women, little boys grow up to be little boys.
Stephen Fry quotes: Generally, we admire the thing we are not. Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
Stephen Fry quotes: Pomposity and indignation grow in old age, like nostril hairs and earlobes. Pomposity and indignation grow in old age, like nostril hairs and earlobes.
Stephen Fry quotes: Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity. Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity.
Stephen Fry quotes: Hell, I am young. I am free. My teeth are clean. The sun shines. To hell with everything else Hell, I am young. I am free. My teeth are clean. The sun shines. To hell with everything else
Stephen Fry quotes: My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact. My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact.
Stephen Fry quotes: Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it. Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.
Stephen Fry quotes: When you do not understand how something works it is perhaps natural to question and to doubt. When you do not understand how something works it is perhaps natural to question and to doubt.
Stephen Fry quotes: My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two. My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
Stephen Fry quotes: And he, despite the gallons of free whisky on offer, was wishing himself violently elsewhere. And he, despite the gallons of free whisky on offer, was wishing himself violently elsewhere.

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