I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
BARRY HUMPHRIESNever be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
More Barry Humphries Quotes
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There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.
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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’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 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 can’t laugh at yourself, you may be missing the colossal joke of the century.
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The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
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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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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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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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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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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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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 like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
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