--- title: "16 Knows Quotes By Stephen Fry" description: "16 Knows quotes by Stephen Fry. Plus more from Stephen Fry and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/stephen-fry-573_fame_money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guar_545450.png" --- > [Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guarantee-happiness-but-we-all/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/stephen-fry-573_fame_money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guar_545450.png) > [You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-don-t-need-a-harvard-mba-to-know-that-the-bedroom-and-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/stephen-fry-573_ballgame_you-don-t-need-a-harvard-mba-to-know-tha_638731.png) > [The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-people-i-know-who-swear-the-most-tend-to-have-the-widest/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/stephen-fry-573_inspirational_the-people-i-know-who-swear-the-most-ten_2385265.png) > [I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are-not-alone-in-your-being-alone/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/stephen-fry-573_cousin_i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are-not-alon_632852.png) > [You don't get depressed because bad things happen to you. That's getting pissed off and annoyed. That's reasonable. Someone hits you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-don-t-get-depressed-because-bad-things-happen-to-you-that-s/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/stephen-fry-573_annoyed_you-don-t-get-depressed-because-bad-thin_990267.png) > [At least 260 species of animal have been noted exhibiting homosexual behavior but only one species of animal ever, so far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/at-least-260-species-of-animal-have-been-noted-exhibiting-homosexual/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/stephen-fry-573_animal_at-least-260-species-of-animal-have-been_2316956.png) > [I like people who are as unlike me as possible, which is not an expression of self disgust or self hatred, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-like-people-who-are-as-unlike-me-as-possible-which-is-not-an/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/stephen-fry-573_admire_i-like-people-who-are-as-unlike-me-as-po_2772917.jpg) > [If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-know-someone-who-s-depressed-please-resolve-never-to-ask-them/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/stephen-fry-573_asks_if-you-know-someone-who-s-depressed-plea_136035.png) > [Knowing what I now know I would never have done anything so fatuous; but then I never would have known what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/knowing-what-i-now-know-i-would-never-have-done-anything-so-fatuous/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/stephen-fry-573_done_knowing-what-i-now-know-i-would-never-ha_2198823.png) > [If you are hungry for food, you are prepared to hunt high and low for it. If you are hungry for information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-are-hungry-for-food-you-are-prepared-to-hunt-high-and-low-for/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/stephen-fry-573_care_if-you-are-hungry-for-food-you-are-prepa_1412046.png) > [One of the nice things about looking at a bear is that you know it spends 100 per cent of every minute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/one-of-the-nice-things-about-looking-at-a-bear-is-that-you-know-it/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/stephen-fry-573_bear_one-of-the-nice-things-about-looking-at_1716894.jpg) > [ \[On libraries\] What's great about them is that anybody can go into them and find a book and borrow it free of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/on-libraries-what-s-great-about-them-is-that-anybody-can-go-into-them/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/stephen-fry-573_book_on-libraries-what-s-great-about-them-is_3046106.jpg) > [I've always believed that everything that is said from authority is either the authority of one's own heart, one's own brain, one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-ve-always-believed-that-everything-that-is-said-from-authority-is/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/stephen-fry-573_always-believe_i-ve-always-believed-that-everything-tha_534116.jpg) > [If you think you're going to have an eternity in which you can talk to Mozart and Chopin and Schopenhauer on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-think-you-re-going-to-have-an-eternity-in-which-you-can-talk/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/stephen-fry-573_bother_if-you-think-you-re-going-to-have-an-ete_189800.png) > [Why should I be depressed? I've got enough money. I've got a job. People like me. There is no to be depressed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/why-should-i-be-depressed-i-ve-got-enough-money-i-ve-got-a-job-people/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/stephen-fry-573_asthma_why-should-i-be-depressed-i-ve-got-enoug_1367227.jpg) > [Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/great-and-good-men-and-women-stirred-sugar-into-their-coffee-knowing/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/stephen-fry-573_ancestor_great-and-good-men-and-women-stirred-sug_2387111.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Stephen Fry > [“...Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight. ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/catholic-versus-protestant-essentially-it-s-that-kind-of-fight-and-it/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [How dare you? How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault? It's not right, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/how-dare-you-how-dare-you-create-a-world-in-which-there-is-such/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“Look at the kind of people who most object to the childishness and cheapness of celebrity culture. Does one really want to side with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/look-at-the-kind-of-people-who-most-object-to-the-childishness-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“The object of love should feel honoured or flattered, responsible in some way. Instead he felt insulted, degraded and revolted. More than that, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-object-of-love-should-feel-honoured-or-flattered-responsible-in/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-only-people-who-are-obsessed-with-food-are-anorexics-and-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/to-me-reason-is-as-spiritual-as-anything-else-the-beauty-of-reason/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn't quite understand its force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-stranger-might-laugh-and-seem-to-enjoy-the-writing-but-you-hug-to/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [“The future is a much bigger deal than the past,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-future-is-a-much-bigger-deal-than-the-past/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-gather-a-repulsive-nobody-writing-in-a-paper-no-one-of-any-decency/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-ve-never-had-any-illusions-about-being-a-lead-actor-in-films/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/because-let-s-face-it-i-do-not-get-offered-the-parts-that-brad-pitt/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-mozart-over-miley-cyrus-of-course/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-can-t-just-say-there-is-a-god-because-the-world-is-beautiful-you/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-you-know-someone-who-s-depressed-please-resolve-never-to-ask-them/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) > [It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and explain them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/it-s-as-if-scientists-exert-every-effort-of-will-they-possess/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/stephen-fry/#itemlist", "name": "16 Knows Quotes By Stephen Fry", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guarantee-happiness-but-we-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/stephen-fry-573_fame_money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guar_545450.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/stephen-fry-573_fame_money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guar_545450.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/stephen-fry-573_fame_money-and-fame-are-trashy-and-don-t-guar_545450.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-don-t-need-a-harvard-mba-to-know-that-the-bedroom-and-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/stephen-fry-573_ballgame_you-don-t-need-a-harvard-mba-to-know-tha_638731.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/stephen-fry-573_ballgame_you-don-t-need-a-harvard-mba-to-know-tha_638731.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/stephen-fry-573_ballgame_you-don-t-need-a-harvard-mba-to-know-tha_638731.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same…” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-people-i-know-who-swear-the-most-tend-to-have-the-widest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/stephen-fry-573_inspirational_the-people-i-know-who-swear-the-most-ten_2385265.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/stephen-fry-573_inspirational_the-people-i-know-who-swear-the-most-ten_2385265.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/stephen-fry-573_inspirational_the-people-i-know-who-swear-the-most-ten_2385265.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are-not-alone-in-your-being-alone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/stephen-fry-573_cousin_i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are-not-alon_632852.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/stephen-fry-573_cousin_i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are-not-alon_632852.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/stephen-fry-573_cousin_i-want-you-to-know-that-you-are-not-alon_632852.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want you to know that you are not alone in your being alone.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't get depressed because bad things happen to you. 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