John Cleese Quotes

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• I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get…
• I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another…
• I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I…
• It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3…
• My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing…
• Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring…
• When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke,…
• It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor
• Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.
• When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
• years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced.
• Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.
• A satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed.
• Laughter is the best creative medicine.
• If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you open to my ideas
• Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago.
• I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.
• Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.
• We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.
• Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.

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