--- title: "20 Knows Quotes By Ricky Gervais" description: "20 Knows quotes by Ricky Gervais. Plus more from Ricky Gervais and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/ricky-gervais-851_comedy_a-joke-isn-t-yours-it-s-used-and-you-don_698712.png" --- > [A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/a-joke-isn-t-yours-it-s-used-and-you-don-t-know-where-it-s-been/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/ricky-gervais-851_comedy_a-joke-isn-t-yours-it-s-used-and-you-don_698712.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/ricky-gervais-851_cinema_there-are-so-many-films-now-where-you-kn_22324.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/ricky-gervais-851_funny_the-truth-doesn-t-hurt-whatever-it-is-it_15690.png) > [Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/know-your-limitations-and-be-content-with-them-too-much-ambition/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/ricky-gervais-851_ambition_know-your-limitations-and-be-content-wit_1846679.png) > [The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-best-advice-i-ve-ever-received-is-no-one-else-knows-what-they-re/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/ricky-gervais-851_advice_the-best-advice-i-ve-ever-received-is-no_697087.png) > [ Some \[people\] are really smart. You know who you are. Some \[people\] are really thick. Unfortunately, you don't know who you are. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/some-people-are-really-smart-you-know-who-you-are-some-people-are/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/ricky-gervais-851_intelligence_some-people-are-really-smart-you-know-wh_3136194.png) > [For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/for-any-of-you-who-don-t-know-the-golden-globes-are-just-like-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/ricky-gervais-851_bits_for-any-of-you-who-don-t-know-the-golden_1163077.jpg) > [I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-think-the-job-of-a-comedian-is-to-make-people-laugh-but-also/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/ricky-gervais-851_challenges_i-think-the-job-of-a-comedian-is-to-make_1089299.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 know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-know-how-much-embarrassment-hurts-and-i-love-it-as-a-theme-because/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/ricky-gervais-851_comedy_i-know-how-much-embarrassment-hurts-and_2862088.png) > [When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/when-you-are-dead-you-do-not-know-you-are-dead-it-s-only-painful-and/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/ricky-gervais-851_dead_when-you-are-dead-you-do-not-know-you-ar_2886304.png) > [There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-was-a-nobility-in-poverty-when-i-was-growing-up-my-mom-was-poor/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/ricky-gervais-851_cleaning_there-was-a-nobility-in-poverty-when-i-w_585081.png) > [You want to see the people you've sort of come to know and love, or love to hate, you want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/you-want-to-see-the-people-you-ve-sort-of-come-to-know-and-love-or/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/ricky-gervais-851_and-love_you-want-to-see-the-people-you-ve-sort-o_2869380.png) > [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) > [ I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and \[whom\] you've known for years, in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-think-as-a-comedian-the-funniest-you-can-be-is-with-people-you-know/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/ricky-gervais-851_aim_i-think-as-a-comedian-the-funniest-you-c_695433.png) > [People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/people-think-the-office-was-improvised-but-it-s-all-on-the-page-we-do/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/ricky-gervais-851_did-you-know_people-think-the-office-was-improvised-b_1852326.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) > [People see me, and they see the suit, and they go: "you're not fooling anyone", they know I'm rock and roll through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/people-see-me-and-they-see-the-suit-and-they-go-you-re-not-fooling/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/ricky-gervais-851_bloody_people-see-me-and-they-see-the-suit-and_806348.jpg) > [I've worked in an office. People are sitting down doing their stuff, or pretending to do their stuff, and they're bored. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-ve-worked-in-an-office-people-are-sitting-down-doing-their-stuff-or/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/ricky-gervais-851_bored_i-ve-worked-in-an-office-people-are-sitt_433958.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/ricky-gervais/#itemlist", "name": "20 Knows Quotes By Ricky Gervais", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A joke isn't yours. 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