--- title: "14 May Quotes By Stephen Fry" description: "14 May quotes by Stephen Fry. Plus more from Stephen Fry and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/stephen-fry-573_comedy_cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fea_2325372.png" --- > [Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fear-may-be-laughing-at-us/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/stephen-fry-573_comedy_cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fea_2325372.png) > [I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-like-to-wake-up-each-morning-and-not-know-what-i-think-that-i-may/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/stephen-fry-573_may_i-like-to-wake-up-each-morning-and-not-k_666825.png) > [I may have looked happy but inside I was hopelessly depressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-may-have-looked-happy-but-inside-i-was-hopelessly-depressed/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/stephen-fry-573_depressed_i-may-have-looked-happy-but-inside-i-was_456728.png) > [Hey-ho, it's raining inside: it isn't my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/hey-ho-it-s-raining-inside-it-isn-t-my-fault-and-there-s-nothing-i/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/stephen-fry-573_advantage_hey-ho-it-s-raining-inside-it-isn-t-my-f_344011.png) > [I shouldn't be saying this, high treason really, but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-shouldn-t-be-saying-this-high-treason-really-but-i-sometimes-wonder/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/stephen-fry-573_brilliance_i-shouldn-t-be-saying-this-high-treason_432167.png) > [If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/if-a-thing-can-be-said-in-ten-words-i-may-be-relied-upon-to-take-a/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/stephen-fry-573_advertising_if-a-thing-can-be-said-in-ten-words-i-ma_1135914.png) > [The performance of buggery is no more inevitable a part of homosexuality than an orange syllabub is an inevitable part of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-performance-of-buggery-is-no-more-inevitable-a-part-of/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/stephen-fry-573_clamour_the-performance-of-buggery-is-no-more-in_1088659.png) > [I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-have-written-it-before-and-am-not-ashamed-to-write-it-again-without/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/stephen-fry-573_ashamed_i-have-written-it-before-and-am-not-asha_974358.png) > [Stupid people like to delude themselves that while they may not be clever, they were at least able to compensate with feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/stupid-people-like-to-delude-themselves-that-while-they-may-not-be/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/stephen-fry-573_ability_stupid-people-like-to-delude-themselves_3039954.jpg) > [Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me. Bones mend and become actually stronger in the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-will-always-hurt-me/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/stephen-fry-573_bones_sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but_392353.png) > [Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/oscar-wilde-quite-rightly-said-all-art-is-useless-and-that-may-sound/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/stephen-fry-573_art_oscar-wilde-quite-rightly-said-all-art-i_499771.png) > [I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-think-eros-should-be-dirty-in-greek-legend-as-i-m-sure-you-are/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/stephen-fry-573_believe_i-think-eros-should-be-dirty-in-greek-le_1040478.png) > [It may be that there is an afterlife and I'll look incredibly stupid, but at least I will have had a crammed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/it-may-be-that-there-is-an-afterlife-and-i-ll-look-incredibly-stupid/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/stephen-fry-573_afterlife_it-may-be-that-there-is-an-afterlife-and_756114.jpg) > [I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/stephen-fry-573_able_i-will-defend-the-absolute-value-of-moza_97825.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## 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/may/stephen-fry/#itemlist", "name": "14 May Quotes By Stephen Fry", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fear-may-be-laughing-at-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/stephen-fry-573_comedy_cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fea_2325372.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/stephen-fry-573_comedy_cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fea_2325372.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/stephen-fry-573_comedy_cynical-is-the-name-we-give-those-we-fea_2325372.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-like-to-wake-up-each-morning-and-not-know-what-i-think-that-i-may/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/stephen-fry-573_may_i-like-to-wake-up-each-morning-and-not-k_666825.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/stephen-fry-573_may_i-like-to-wake-up-each-morning-and-not-k_666825.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/stephen-fry-573_may_i-like-to-wake-up-each-morning-and-not-k_666825.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I may have looked happy but inside I was hopelessly depressed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-may-have-looked-happy-but-inside-i-was-hopelessly-depressed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/stephen-fry-573_depressed_i-may-have-looked-happy-but-inside-i-was_456728.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/stephen-fry-573_depressed_i-may-have-looked-happy-but-inside-i-was_456728.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/stephen-fry-573_depressed_i-may-have-looked-happy-but-inside-i-was_456728.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I may have looked happy but inside I was hopelessly depressed.” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hey-ho, it's raining inside: it isn't my fault and there's nothing I can do about it, but sit it out. 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