Best Stephen Fry Wisdom
- If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I ought to apologize… Advertising
- 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 is,… Ask
- There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music. Decent
- I found it all about as arousing as a Tupperware party. All
- Nowadays a lot of what was wrong with me would no doubt be ascribed to Attention Deficit Disorder, tartrazine food colouring, dairy produce and air… Air
- It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe,… Art
- Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely… Absolutely
- We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things… Act
- Money is to Everything as an Aeroplane is to Australia. The aeroplane isn't Australia, but it remains the only practical way we know of reaching… Aeroplane
- Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books Banter
- 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 everything doesn't mean… Course
- One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is resentment at the sudden shared popularity of a previously private pleasure.… Achieved
- I really do believe that there are those who would like and trust me better if they saw me weeping into a whisky, making a… Aggressive
- Great writers, I discovered, were not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and befriended. Their names resounded through history not because they… All
- At John Schlesinger's funeral at a synagogue in St John's Wood some years ago the person I stood next to said to me encouragingly, 'Come… Ago
- That's alright," said Hugo. "I've got some wine" Which was about all he seemed to have. He poured out two mugfuls. "Very nice," said Adrian,… Adrian
- My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person,… Charlatan
- People sometimes accuse me of knowing a lot. "Stephen," they say, accusingly, "you know a lot." This is a bit like telling a person who… Accuse
- Between funny and witty Falls the shadow Fall
- Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the dead soul. 'I… Arrives
- Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it. Laugh
- A university is not, thank heavens, a place for vocational instruction, it has nothing to do with training for a working life and career, it… Career
- You should give up.' 'Why?' 'For one thing, you'll live longer.' 'Oh, you don't live longer. It just seems longer. Give
- I am magnificently prepared for the long littleness of life. There is diddley-squat for me to look forward to. Zilch, zero, zip-all, sweet lipperty-pipperty nothing.… All
- Part of life is learning what to be ashamed of and what to be proud of. Ashamed
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