If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
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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I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
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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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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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The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
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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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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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Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
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He’s very, very well-known. I’d say he’s world-famous in Melbourne.
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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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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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