--- title: "32 Ifs Quotes By Ricky Gervais" description: "32 Ifs quotes by Ricky Gervais. Plus more from Ricky Gervais and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/ricky-gervais-851_atheist_if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an_2090359.png" --- > [If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an-atheist/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/ricky-gervais-851_atheist_if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an_2090359.png) > [Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/everyone-is-entitled-to-their-opinion-but-if-you-believe-in-god-you/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/ricky-gervais-851_believe_everyone-is-entitled-to-their-opinion-bu_721324.png) > [Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/opinions-don-t-affect-facts-but-facts-should-affect-opinions-and-do/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/ricky-gervais-851_atheism_opinions-don-t-affect-facts-but-facts-sh_2653950.png) > [We shouldn't even need the word 'atheism'. If people didn't invent ridiculous imaginary gods, rational people wouldn't have to deny them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/we-shouldn-t-even-need-the-word-atheism-if-people-didn-t-invent/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/ricky-gervais-851_atheism_we-shouldn-t-even-need-the-word-atheism_533751.png) > [If all the Atheists & Agnostics left America, they'd lose 93% of The National Academy of Sciences & less than 1% of the prison population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-all-the-atheists-agnostics-left-america-they-d-lose-93-of-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/ricky-gervais-851_academy_if-all-the-atheists-agnostics-left-ameri_16974.png) > [I've never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of: Don't sit on a wall, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-ve-never-worked-out-what-the-moral-of-humpty-dumpty-is-i-can-only/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/ricky-gervais-851_comedian_i-ve-never-worked-out-what-the-moral-of_560239.png) > [I can't stand it. I can't stand someone being embarrassed. I don't know why. If someone slips over and the first thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-can-t-stand-it-i-can-t-stand-someone-being-embarrassed-i-don-t-know/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/ricky-gervais-851_embarrassed_i-can-t-stand-it-i-can-t-stand-someone-b_496675.png) > [I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-ve-never-done-anything-for-the-common-consensus-i-do-things-to/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/ricky-gervais-851_bulletproof_i-ve-never-done-anything-for-the-common_554008.png) > [If I do eat meat, it's got to be ethical. I want to know that it lived a great life before it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-i-do-eat-meat-it-s-got-to-be-ethical-i-want-to-know-that-it-lived/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/ricky-gervais-851_ethical_if-i-do-eat-meat-it-s-got-to-be-ethical_2502110.png) > [There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-if-you-re-the-boss/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/ricky-gervais-851_boss_there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a_111081.png) > [Even if it's such a lowly art as TV, you've got to get stuff off your chest, because that's what makes something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/even-if-it-s-such-a-lowly-art-as-tv-you-ve-got-to-get-stuff-off-your/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/ricky-gervais-851_art_even-if-it-s-such-a-lowly-art-as-tv-you_870702.png) > [The terrible thing in England is if you interview a thousand people, five hundred of them will talk like they're going into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-terrible-thing-in-england-is-if-you-interview-a-thousand-people/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/ricky-gervais-851_class_the-terrible-thing-in-england-is-if-you_449078.png) > [I don't think it matters if there is a god or not. I've met people who believe in God that are good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-don-t-think-it-matters-if-there-is-a-god-or-not-i-ve-met-people-who/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/ricky-gervais-851_be-good_i-don-t-think-it-matters-if-there-is-a-g_676580.png) > [Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/next-time-someone-tells-me-they-believe-in-god-i-ll-say-oh-which-one/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/ricky-gervais-851_atheistic_next-time-someone-tells-me-they-believe_492581.png) > [I get so sick of people asking: "What's your demographic?" Or: "Oh we've got to aim this at..." No, you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-get-so-sick-of-people-asking-what-s-your-demographic-or-oh-we-ve/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/ricky-gervais-851_aim_i-get-so-sick-of-people-asking-what-s-yo_1793662.png) > [I don't feel any pressure at all because I don't care. That's an occupational hazard... but if you're doing anything of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-don-t-feel-any-pressure-at-all-because-i-don-t-care-that-s-an/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/ricky-gervais-851_assuming_i-don-t-feel-any-pressure-at-all-because_1324943.png) > [We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/we-only-do-what-we-think-is-good-and-what-we-re-happy-with-i-do-that/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/ricky-gervais-851_book_we-only-do-what-we-think-is-good-and-wha_1885058.png) > [Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/someone-trying-to-be-funny-probably-isn-t-as-funny-as-someone-who/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/ricky-gervais-851_angry_someone-trying-to-be-funny-probably-isn_2863534.png) > [You can drive 1,000 miles across America and find yourself, whereas if you drive a few miles from Slough you're in London…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/you-can-drive-1-000-miles-across-america-and-find-yourself-whereas-if/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/ricky-gervais-851_america_you-can-drive-1-000-miles-across-america_628115.jpg) > [Sometimes I'll be confident and go into a shop and say, "Hello, yeah, all right," and then the next day, if someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/sometimes-i-ll-be-confident-and-go-into-a-shop-and-say-hello-yeah-all/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/ricky-gervais-851_baseball_sometimes-i-ll-be-confident-and-go-into_2021788.png) > [The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-most-important-thing-in-comedy-apart-from-empathy-which-i-think/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/ricky-gervais-851_comedy_the-most-important-thing-in-comedy-apart_1911044.png) > [If you're surrounded by idiots, you're the unpopular one and the odd one out because idiots don't like smart asses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-you-re-surrounded-by-idiots-you-re-the-unpopular-one-and-the-odd/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/ricky-gervais-851_ass_if-you-re-surrounded-by-idiots-you-re-th_1231026.png) > [To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/to-complain-about-critics-in-a-business-is-like-a-sailor-complaining/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/ricky-gervais-851_beach_to-complain-about-critics-in-a-business_2187910.png) > [If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you'd get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-you-walked-around-like-david-bowie-in-1973-in-reading-you-d-get/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bee/ricky-gervais-851_backdrop_if-you-walked-around-like-david-bowie-in_1111515.jpg) > [If you pay attention to good critics, you have to listen to the bad. So you have to ignore them all really.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-you-pay-attention-to-good-critics-you-have-to-listen-to-the-bad-so/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/ricky-gervais-851_attention_if-you-pay-attention-to-good-critics-you_1381014.png) > [If David Brent is the best thing that I ever come up with, then so be it. What are you supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-david-brent-is-the-best-thing-that-i-ever-come-up-with-then-so-be/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/ricky-gervais-851_best-thing_if-david-brent-is-the-best-thing-that-i_2383846.png) > [Someone asked me what three things I would save if my house was on fire. I said my cat, my salamander and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/someone-asked-me-what-three-things-i-would-save-if-my-house-was-on/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/ricky-gervais-851_cat_someone-asked-me-what-three-things-i-wou_1383682.png) > [I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-still-see-myself-as-a-bit-of-a-cottage-industry-being-in-a-room/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/ricky-gervais-851_bits_i-still-see-myself-as-a-bit-of-a-cottage_368504.png) > [I'm basically a 'do unto others' type person. I don't have any religious feelings because I'm an atheist, but I live my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-m-basically-a-do-unto-others-type-person-i-don-t-have-any-religious/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/ricky-gervais-851_atheist_i-m-basically-a-do-unto-others-type-pers_1967123.png) > [ I like every part \[of the film process \] except the business and admin stuff. The initial idea. Writing. Re-writing. Casting. Directing,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-like-every-part-of-the-film-process-except-the-business-and-admin/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/ricky-gervais-851_business_i-like-every-part-of-the-film-process-ex_3132249.png) > [ \[As a kid\] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm \[still\] quite happy to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/as-a-kid-i-did-enjoy-making-people-laugh-but-i-was-also-attracted-to/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f6/ricky-gervais-851_all-night_as-a-kid-i-did-enjoy-making-people-laugh_2523815.png) > [Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/funny-bones-to-me-are-more-important-than-funny-lines-if-a-comedian/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/ricky-gervais-851_bad-day_funny-bones-to-me-are-more-important-tha_325864.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Ricky Gervais > [I was David Bowie-thin up to about 28, and then I discovered food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-was-david-bowie-thin-up-to-about-28-and-then-i-discovered-food/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these immigrants?' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-don-t-like-it-when-i-see-a-racist-comedian-go-up-and-say-what-are/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-truth-doesn-t-hurt-whatever-it-is-it-doesn-t-hurt-it-s-better-to/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [If all the Atheists & Agnostics left America, they'd lose 93% of The National Academy of Sciences & less than 1% of the prison population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-all-the-atheists-agnostics-left-america-they-d-lose-93-of-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-are-so-many-films-now-where-you-know-the-story-is-a-supporting/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/when-i-was-about-to-be-famous-i-feared-it-on-a-few-levels-i-feared-it/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/it-will-be-great-to-play-a-short-fat-sweaty-loser-for-a-change/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [I went to university with no money. I can't understand a society that wouldn't give a poor person the same opportunity as a rich…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-went-to-university-with-no-money-i-can-t-understand-a-society-that/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-m-a-failed-pop-star-i-always-sneak-a-song-into-everything-i-do/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [The grass isn't always greener on the other side!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-grass-isn-t-always-greener-on-the-other-side/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-am-myself-sometimes-and-i-do-state-my-opinions-but-not-in-a-comedy/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/wearing-cosmetics-that-were-tested-on-animals-makes-you-ugly-on-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-if-you-re-the-boss/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/stupidity-without-malice-isn-t-horrible-some-people-can-t-help-it/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [It's interesting that music in this country... we sort of sold something to America with The Beatles and they sold something back. And we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/it-s-interesting-that-music-in-this-country-we-sort-of-sold-something/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/ricky-gervais/#itemlist", "name": "32 Ifs Quotes By Ricky Gervais", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Gervais" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an-atheist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/ricky-gervais-851_atheist_if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an_2090359.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/ricky-gervais-851_atheist_if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an_2090359.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/ricky-gervais-851_atheist_if-there-is-a-god-why-did-he-make-me-an_2090359.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?” — Ricky Gervais", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Gervais" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/everyone-is-entitled-to-their-opinion-but-if-you-believe-in-god-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/ricky-gervais-851_believe_everyone-is-entitled-to-their-opinion-bu_721324.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/ricky-gervais-851_believe_everyone-is-entitled-to-their-opinion-bu_721324.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/ricky-gervais-851_believe_everyone-is-entitled-to-their-opinion-bu_721324.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.” — Ricky Gervais", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Opinions don't affect facts. 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