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> [My parents always threw everything out, gave everything away. I'm surprised they never threw me away. That's why I've always kept my children's things. My parents had no feelings for belongings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/my-parents-always-threw-everything-out-gave-everything-away-i-m/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

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## More by Spike Milligan

> [“My sister Laura's bigger than me And lifts me up quite easily. I can't lift her, I've tried and tried; She must have something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/my-sister-laura-s-bigger-than-me-and-lifts-me-up-quite-easily-i-can-t/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/money-couldn-t-buy-friends-but-you-got-a-better-class-of-enemy/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [If you kill me, I promise you - you will never take me alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/if-you-kill-me-i-promise-you-you-will-never-take-me-alive/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [Her mother was a cultivated woman - she was born in a greenhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/her-mother-was-a-cultivated-woman-she-was-born-in-a-greenhouse/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [Said Hamlet to Ophelia, I'll draw a sketch of thee. What kind of pencil shall I use? 2B or not 2B?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/said-hamlet-to-ophelia-i-ll-draw-a-sketch-of-thee-what-kind-of-pencil/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [I'm a hero wid coward's legs, I'm a hero from the waist up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/i-m-a-hero-wid-coward-s-legs-i-m-a-hero-from-the-waist-up/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [To Harry Secombe: I hope you die first as I don't want you singing at my funeral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/to-harry-secombe-i-hope-you-die-first-as-i-don-t-want-you-singing-at/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [May 8th 1943. Deluge. The rain not only fell mainly on the plain in Spain; it also fell mainly on the back of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/may-8th-1943-deluge-the-rain-not-only-fell-mainly-on-the-plain-in/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [The experience of being in the Army changed my whole life; I never believed that an organization such as ours could ever go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/the-experience-of-being-in-the-army-changed-my-whole-life-i-never/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [“The die was cast. It was a proud day for the Milligan family as I was taken from the house. "I'm too young to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/the-die-was-cast-it-was-a-proud-day-for-the-milligan-family-as-i-was/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/how-long-was-i-in-the-army-five-foot-eleven/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [Never return to a doctor whose office plants have died. After five days in hospital, I took a turn for the nurse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/never-return-to-a-doctor-whose-office-plants-have-died-after-five/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [Render any politician down and there's enough fat to fry an egg.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/render-any-politician-down-and-there-s-enough-fat-to-fry-an-egg/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [It's all in the mind, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/it-s-all-in-the-mind-you-know/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

> [If a robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage, How feels heaven when Dies the billionth battery hen?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-milligan/if-a-robin-redbreast-in-a-cage-puts-all-heaven-in-a-rage-how-feels/)

[Spike Milligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-milligan/)

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