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> [I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to declare?" He said "I have nothing to declare but my genius." I said "I'll put that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/i-remember-when-i-posed-as-a-customs-officer-so-that-i-could-meet/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

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## More by Simon Munnery

> [All men are brothers. Hence war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/all-men-are-brothers-hence-war/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [He who disagrees with me in private, call him a fool. He who disagrees with me in public, call him an ambulance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/he-who-disagrees-with-me-in-private-call-him-a-fool-he-who-disagrees/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [Life is like a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Very popular and not as bad as some would have you believe. That is, unspeakably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/life-is-like-a-musical-by-andrew-lloyd-webber-very-popular-and-not-as/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [When you look in the mirror and despair and none of your clothes seem appropriate, relax, put the kettle on. It might suit you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/when-you-look-in-the-mirror-and-despair-and-none-of-your-clothes-seem/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/many-are-willing-to-suffer-for-their-art-few-are-willing-to-learn-to/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can blame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/i-ve-got-nothing-against-any-individual-american-except-that-there/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [Like many supermodels, I won't get out of bed for less than £3000. Unlike many supermodels, I don't get out of bed very often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/like-many-supermodels-i-won-t-get-out-of-bed-for-less-than-3000/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [Like bees around honey. Why are bees so attracted to honey, since they make it? It can only be vanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/like-bees-around-honey-why-are-bees-so-attracted-to-honey-since-they/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/although-no-man-is-an-island-you-can-make-quite-an-effective-raft-out/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [If you only ever read one book in your life ... I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/if-you-only-ever-read-one-book-in-your-life-i-highly-recommend-you/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [Fish deserve to be caught for they are lazy. Two million years of evolution and they still haven't got out of the water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/fish-deserve-to-be-caught-for-they-are-lazy-two-million-years-of/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [It is the vanity of women to spend hours in front of the mirror. It is the vanity of men not to bother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/it-is-the-vanity-of-women-to-spend-hours-in-front-of-the-mirror-it-is/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [I don't worry about losing my looks. It's finding them on someone else that worries me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/i-don-t-worry-about-losing-my-looks-it-s-finding-them-on-someone-else/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [What do you get the man who has everything? Might I suggest a gravestone inscribed with the words: so what?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/what-do-you-get-the-man-who-has-everything-might-i-suggest-a/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

> [The truly beautiful are often abused for apparent ugliness just as those with great vision often bump into things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/the-truly-beautiful-are-often-abused-for-apparent-ugliness-just-as/)

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