black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I shouldn’t be saying this – high treason, really – but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

Stephen Fry

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.
STEPHEN FRY

Die Facilities Just Lose never Old Professor
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
STEPHEN FRY

Arrive Better Child Christian First Hopefully Proof Terrible Travel
You can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
STEPHEN FRY

Back Cheerfulness Extra Height Inch More Reason Yourself
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
STEPHEN FRY

But Happiness No Person Respect
No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it’s always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It’s a wonderful journey to take.
STEPHEN FRY

Acor Always Change Idea Look Love No Someone Think
I don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
STEPHEN FRY

Art Destroy Oneself Talk Television Think Want
I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I’m getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I’m just trying not to get into that sort of state again.
STEPHEN FRY

Boat Far Have Many Push Should Take Term Thing Too
There is so much we can learn from TV. It’s a window on the world.
STEPHEN FRY

Is Learn Much So Television There Window World
An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
STEPHEN FRY

Belief Do Full God Must Not Them Were
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
STEPHEN FRY

Being Great Happy Have Intellect Path
I’ve never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there’s just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.
STEPHEN FRY

Actor Being Certain Film Had Illusion Kind Lead
I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
STEPHEN FRY

All Any Experience Passion Reasonable Sense Think We
As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it’ll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.
STEPHEN FRY

Bound Happen Hard Labor Nineties Not Really Regret Someone Victory Work
I shouldn’t be saying this – high treason, really – but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.
STEPHEN FRY

Accent Brillance Country Detect Fool May Not Realy Say Should Sometimes There Treason Wonder
If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.
STEPHEN FRY

Dare Dropout Fanatic Find Freak Look Loonies Religious Say
You don’t sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn’t work like that.
STEPHEN FRY

Down Fall Go Like Love Person Sit That Violently Wish Write

I shouldn’t be saying this – high treason, really – but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I shouldn’t be saying this – high treason, really – but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Stephen Fry Quotes