I drift along, thinking about the past a great deal. The past is so reliable, so delightful, and the best place to live. I end up there quite often, you know; it’s very comfortable and dependable.
BARRY HUMPHRIESMost of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.
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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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It’s an old Aboriginal word meaning ‘Let’s get together and have fun’. They gave us the word because they had no further need for it.
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I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven’t met yet. She’s now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia
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I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don’t feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It’s worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.
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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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I’ve decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don’t, if you put them first, they never thank you. You’ll never get a word of thanks from them.
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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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I love Australia – I think.
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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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