I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
BARRY HUMPHRIESI 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.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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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 whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.
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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’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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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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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 truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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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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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 past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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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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