There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
BARRY HUMPHRIESSex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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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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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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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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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
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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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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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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 was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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