I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
BARRY HUMPHRIESAustralia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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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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I’m an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.
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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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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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I love Australia – I think.
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If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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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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If you can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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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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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.
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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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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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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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