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People Quotes by Stephen Fry
- If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?
- It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'...
- The people I know who SWEAR THE MOST tend to have the widest vocabularies.
- The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a nutshell.
- I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge…
- If you are hungry for food, you are prepared to hunt high and low for it. If you are hungry for information it is the…
- It’s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now they will say we, with our permissive society and…
- The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated…
- Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.
- Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and…
- You are who you are when nobody's watching.
- The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most…
- It is possible to be a fan of reality TV, talent shows and bubblegum pop and still have a brain. You will also see that…
- It does not suit the world to hear that people who are leading a high life, an enviable life, a privileged life are as miserable…
- You think I have more than most people dream of? What other people dream of doesn't matter. I always had less than I ever dreamt…
- People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t
- There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- My parents were marvelously educated people.
- Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to sit on a lavatory.
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