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 HUMPHRIESFriendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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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 know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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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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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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I have outlived most of my more athletic contemporaries who jogged, golfed and squashed themselves into coronary occlusion.
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I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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I love Australia – I think.
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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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Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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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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