The Greeks understood perfectly that if there were divine beings they are capricious, unkind, malicious mostly, temperamental, envious and mostly deeply unpleasant… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I am aware of the technical distinction between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’, and between ‘uninterested’ and ‘disinterested’ and ‘infer’ and ‘imply’, but none… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
There are some things I don't like, about which I think, well, that's me. But coriander is a giant hoax perpetrated by… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
When you take a lot of cocaine powder you tend to take a lot of alcohol with it as well, so for… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The most natural way you would attempt to cope with something inside you that is affecting your moods and your energy levels… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Cheat? Good heavens, this is an amateur cricket match amongst leading prep schools, I'm an Englishman and a schoolmaster supposedly setting an… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
You can't just say there is a God because well, the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
What makes a good family? Well, I suppose obviously love. Love lubricated often I think by humor. I think a family that… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
You'll often hear the phrase "science doesn't know everything." Well, of course it doesn't know everything. But just because science doesn't know… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
It is possible to be a fan of reality TV, talent shows and bubblegum pop and still have a brain. You will… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Alternative medicine people call themselves "holistic" and say it's the "whole" approach. Well, if it's the whole approach, let it be the… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The alarm in the morning? Well, I have an old tape of Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“...Catholic versus Protestant, essentially. It's that kind of fight. ... And it goes on to this day. Will we never learn? Who knows? Religion.… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Look at the kind of people who most object to the childishness and cheapness of celebrity culture. Does one really want to side with… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“The object of love should feel honoured or flattered, responsible in some way. Instead he felt insulted, degraded and revolted. More than that, he… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
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… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
