"The Scarlet Pimpernel is the most over-rated human……" — Rowan Atkinson
"The Scarlet Pimpernel is the most over-rated human being since Judas Iscariot won the A.D.31 'Best Disciple' competition."
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64 Quotes by Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson has 64 quotes on this site.
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Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.
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You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a…
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
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I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be…
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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things…
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I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for…
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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.
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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such…
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I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a…
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling…
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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