Tonight’s show is about doubt. Or maybe it isn’t – haven’t made my mind up yet.
BILL BAILEYContentment is knowing you’re right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong.
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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I tend to go through periods worrying, “Where am I going, I can’t see a way out of this,” and it becomes quite stressful. But sometimes you have to take a bet on yourself.
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My wife bought me a vintage Gibson guitar that isn’t just beautiful but has tremendous sentimental value. I have plenty of guitars for live gigs but this is one to treasure.
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The way we live in the West we live like kings. People moan about this and that in Britain but we have running water, electricity, security and a rule of law and so many people in the world don’t have these.
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Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?
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It’s not a beard, it’s an animal I’ve trained to sit very still.
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I once punched a bloke in the face for saying ‘Hawk the Slayer’ was rubbish, when what I should have said ‘Dad, you’re wrong.’
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American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.
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This shed does not contain me.
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People say ‘Bill, are you an optimist?’ And I say, ‘I hope so.’
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I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you’ve got to admire the workmanship.
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In Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we’re united and enjoy life – Without unity we are victims. Stay united.
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But our country’s equivalent of gritty reality is more like “Look out Sarge, he’s got a shooter!”
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You remind me of the Siberian hunting spider, which adopts a highly convincing limp in three of its eight legs in order to attract its main prey.
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Relaxed Empiricism — I only believe something to be true if someone I know quite well tells me if happened.
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There we go, that’s it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.
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