"We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the……" — John Oliver
"We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the advent of the pie. Everything beyond that seemed like a brave, frightening new world. We knew the French were up to something across the Channel, but we didn't want anything to do with it."
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98 Quotes by John Oliver
John Oliver has 98 quotes on this site.
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Wow. Losing 95 percent of your audience in just five years. That basically makes Obama the NBC of presidents.
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News is not a game show. You don't win a car if you happen to be right.
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Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'
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Believe it or not the war on Iraq is based on a sound scientific principle, The bee hive principle. Which…
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One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.
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