--- title: "18 Way Quotes By Stephen Fry" description: "18 Way quotes by Stephen Fry. Plus more from Stephen Fry and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/stephen-fry-573_codes_there-is-no-particular-socratic-or-dimec_1589069.jpg" --- > [There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/there-is-no-particular-socratic-or-dimechian-or-kantian-way-to-live/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/stephen-fry-573_codes_there-is-no-particular-socratic-or-dimec_1589069.jpg) > [I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-feel-i-would-love-to-close-down-for-a-number-of-years-in-some-way/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/stephen-fry-573_country_i-feel-i-would-love-to-close-down-for-a_3017339.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) > [Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/philosophy-is-an-odd-thing-there-is-no-particular-socratic-or/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/stephen-fry-573_code_philosophy-is-an-odd-thing-there-is-no-p_1929439.png) > [I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-suppose-that-there-is-no-point-wasting-time-being-lazy-though-of/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/stephen-fry-573_advantage_i-suppose-that-there-is-no-point-wasting_201690.png) > [There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/there-is-not-any-way-that-you-can-just-choose-the-nice-bits-and-say/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/stephen-fry-573_bits_there-is-not-any-way-that-you-can-just-c_2154586.png) > [All the cold-reading clairvoyants and the nonsensical astrologers and absurd ESP merchants and other such people who talk about vibrations and energies……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/all-the-cold-reading-clairvoyants-and-the-nonsensical-astrologers-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/stephen-fry-573_absurd_all-the-cold-reading-clairvoyants-and-th_1992375.png) > [Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/self-pity-is-the-worst-possible-emotion-anyone-can-have-and-the-most/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/stephen-fry-573_destructive_self-pity-is-the-worst-possible-emotion_2883493.png) > [As I go clowning my sentimental way into eternity, wrestling with all my problems of estrangement and communion, sincerity and simulation, ambition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/as-i-go-clowning-my-sentimental-way-into-eternity-wrestling-with-all/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/stephen-fry-573_acquiescence_as-i-go-clowning-my-sentimental-way-into_1303283.png) > [It's as if scientists exert every effort of will they possess deliberately to find the least significant problems in the world and…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c93/stephen-fry-573_art_it-s-as-if-scientists-exert-every-effort_140067.jpg) > [I do think it's important not to be absolutely sure, so sure that you can't reinvent yourself in some way, or at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-do-think-it-s-important-not-to-be-absolutely-sure-so-sure-that-you/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/stephen-fry-573_assumption_i-do-think-it-s-important-not-to-be-abso_1609374.jpg) > [The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn't quite understand…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/stephen-fry-573_enjoy_the-stranger-might-laugh-and-seem-to-enj_37258.jpg) > [First love is unrequited ultimately because it’s so huge.It’s such an act of giving and it requires so much back that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/first-love-is-unrequited-ultimately-because-it-s-so-huge-it-s-such-an/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/stephen-fry-573_atom-bomb_first-love-is-unrequited-ultimately-beca_2972835.jpg) > [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 is possible to be a fan of reality TV, talent shows and bubblegum pop and still have a brain. You will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/it-is-possible-to-be-a-fan-of-reality-tv-talent-shows-and-bubblegum/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/stephen-fry-573_beast_it-is-possible-to-be-a-fan-of-reality-tv_2812825.png) > [The most natural way you would attempt to cope with something inside you that is affecting your moods and your energy levels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-most-natural-way-you-would-attempt-to-cope-with-something-inside/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/stephen-fry-573_alcohol_the-most-natural-way-you-would-attempt-t_671497.jpg) > [You can't just say there is a God because well, the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-can-t-just-say-there-is-a-god-because-well-the-world-is-beautiful/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/stephen-fry-573_accounts_you-can-t-just-say-there-is-a-god-becaus_1153399.png) > [Money is to Everything as an Aeroplane is to Australia. The aeroplane isn't Australia, but it remains the only practical way we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/money-is-to-everything-as-an-aeroplane-is-to-australia-the-aeroplane/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/stephen-fry-573_australia_money-is-to-everything-as-an-aeroplane-i_704040.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/stephen-fry/#itemlist", "name": "18 Way Quotes By Stephen Fry", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. 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