--- title: "16 Wells Quotes By Stephen Fry" description: "16 Wells quotes by Stephen Fry. Plus more from Stephen Fry and more Wells sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/stephen-fry-573_life_well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee-128_1289393.png" --- > [Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/stephen-fry-573_life_well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee-128_1289393.png) > [Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-wanting-instead-to-do/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/stephen-fry-573_fame_stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-w_776302.png) > [There are some things I don't like, about which I think, well, that's me. But coriander is a giant hoax perpetrated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/there-are-some-things-i-don-t-like-about-which-i-think-well-that-s-me/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/stephen-fry-573_america_there-are-some-things-i-don-t-like-about_482045.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/you-ll-often-hear-the-phrase-science-doesn-t-know-everything-well-of/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/stephen-fry-573_mean_you-ll-often-hear-the-phrase-science-doe_2195826.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) > [The alarm in the morning? Well, I have an old tape of Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-alarm-in-the-morning-well-i-have-an-old-tape-of-carlo-maria/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/stephen-fry-573_alarm_the-alarm-in-the-morning-well-i-have-an_3092540.png) > [When you take a lot of cocaine powder you tend to take a lot of alcohol with it as well, so for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/when-you-take-a-lot-of-cocaine-powder-you-tend-to-take-a-lot-of/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/stephen-fry-573_alcohol_when-you-take-a-lot-of-cocaine-powder-yo_551929.png) > [What makes a good family? Well, I suppose obviously love. Love lubricated often I think by humor. I think a family that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/what-makes-a-good-family-well-i-suppose-obviously-love-love/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/stephen-fry-573_able_what-makes-a-good-family-well-i-suppose_1620692.png) > [Alternative medicine people call themselves "holistic" and say it's the "whole" approach. Well, if it's the whole approach, let it be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/alternative-medicine-people-call-themselves-holistic-and-say-it-s-the/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/stephen-fry-573_alternative-medicine_alternative-medicine-people-call-themsel_2890089.jpg) > [The Greeks understood perfectly that if there were divine beings they are capricious, unkind, malicious mostly, temperamental, envious and mostly deeply unpleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/the-greeks-understood-perfectly-that-if-there-were-divine-beings-they/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/stephen-fry-573_capricious_the-greeks-understood-perfectly-that-if_154376.jpg) > [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) > [Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/picture-this-scene-a-critic-arrives-at-the-gates-of-heaven-and-what/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/stephen-fry-573_critic_picture-this-scene-a-critic-arrives-at-t_323083.png) > [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) > [I am aware of the technical distinction between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’, and between ‘uninterested’ and ‘disinterested’ and ‘infer’ and ‘imply’, but none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/i-am-aware-of-the-technical-distinction-between-less-and-fewer-and/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/stephen-fry-573_approach_i-am-aware-of-the-technical-distinction_411380.png) > [Cheat? Good heavens, this is an amateur cricket match amongst leading prep schools, I'm an Englishman and a schoolmaster supposedly setting an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/cheat-good-heavens-this-is-an-amateur-cricket-match-amongst-leading/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/stephen-fry-573_artistic_cheat-good-heavens-this-is-an-amateur-cr_824363.jpg) ## Other authors on Wells ## 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/wells/stephen-fry/#itemlist", "name": "16 Wells Quotes By Stephen Fry", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?..", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/stephen-fry-573_life_well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee-128_1289393.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/stephen-fry-573_life_well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee-128_1289393.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/stephen-fry-573_life_well-isn-t-it-splendid-rather-toffee-128_1289393.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?..” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Fry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-wanting-instead-to-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/stephen-fry-573_fame_stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-w_776302.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/stephen-fry-573_fame_stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-w_776302.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/stephen-fry-573_fame_stop-wanting-wealth-and-fame-and-start-w_776302.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate” — Stephen Fry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are some things I don't like, about which I think, well, that's me. 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