Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.
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
-
-
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.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that’s only a recent development.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
The truth is deafening, no matter how softly it is spoken.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
I know body hair bothers some women, but a lot of men like a fluffy partner.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
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.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
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.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
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 HUMPHRIES -
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn’t so bad. BO chic it should be called.
BARRY HUMPHRIES -
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
BARRY HUMPHRIES