"It does not suit the world to hear……" — Stephen Fry

"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 most days as anybody else, despite the fact that it must be obvious they would be - given that we are all agreed that money and fame do not bring happiness. Instead the world would prefer to enjoy the idea, against what it knows to be true, that wealth and fame do in fact insulate and protect against misery and it would rather we shut up if we are planning to indicate otherwise."

— Stephen Fry

Against Quotes Agreed Quotes All Quotes Anybody Quotes Anybody Else Quotes Being True Quotes Bring Quotes Bring Happiness Quotes Days Quotes Despite Quotes Doe Quotes Else Quotes Else Despite Quotes Enjoy Quotes Enviable Quotes Fact Quotes Facts Quotes Fame Quotes Given Quotes Happiness Quotes Happiness Instead Quotes Hear Quotes High Quotes High Life Quotes Idea Quotes Ideas Quotes Indicate Quotes Instead Quotes Insulate Quotes Knows Quotes Leading Quotes Life Quotes Miserable Quotes Misery Quotes Money Quotes Money And Fame Quotes Most Quotes Obvious Quotes Otherwise Quotes People Quotes Planning Quotes Prefer Quotes Privileged Quotes Privileged Life Quotes Protect Quotes Protect Against Quotes Rather Quotes Shut Quotes Shut Up Quotes Suit Quotes Suits Quotes True Quotes Up Quotes We Shut Quotes Wealth Quotes World Quotes Would Be Quotes

218 Quotes by Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry has 218 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 218 quotes by Stephen Fry »

More Agreed Quotes

This quote is filed under Agreed Quotes, one of 508 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough… — Niels Bohr
History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
What is history but a fable agreed upon? — Napoleon Bonaparte
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people… — Terry Bradshaw
Compared to gardeners, I think it is generally agreed that others understand very little about anything of consequence. — Henry Mitchell
Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Contemporary philosophers, even the rationalistic minded ones, have on the whole agreed that no one has intelligibly banished the mystery… — William James
I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
In all matters of opinion and science ... the difference between men is ... oftener found to lie in generals… — David Hume
The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute… — Abraham Lincoln
It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It… — Thomas Jefferson
Though negotiations are a rough game, you should never allow them to become a dirty game. Once you've agreed to… — Victor Kiam

See all 508 Agreed Quotes »