The way we live in the West we live like kings. People moan about this and that in Britain but we have running water, electricity, security and a rule of law and so many people in the world don’t have these.
BILL BAILEYI think we’ve missed a trick there. We could develop wheat with the properties of Velcro… to catch whatever it is that’s forming those crop circles! But then the spaceship would have to have the corresponding Velcro, so it’s a bit of a long shot.
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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Tonight’s show is about doubt. Or maybe it isn’t – haven’t made my mind up yet.
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Three women walk into a pub and say, ‘Hooray, we’ve colonised a male-dominated joke format’
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American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.
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Why do people want to swim with dolphins? The equivalent would be an Indonesian fellow coming over here, going up to a farmer and saying ‘Can I get in with the cows? I just fancy scuffling about with them.’
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Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door.
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There’s more evil in the charts than an Al-Qaeda suggestion box.
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Add a drop of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you’re laughing at it.
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Or, as I call it, a Cheesel, it’s a Weasel with a Cheese finish.
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Orchestras have often been used to conjure up the natural world: Swans, sharks, trout, but not, as far as I know, the often maligned jellyfish.
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I would never condone the burning of a Dan Brown novel, much though I loathe and detest his work. Well, I say work, you know, words, randomly arranged to form millions of dollars… I’m not bitter at all.
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I am a confectionery-based existentialist.
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Stupid National Anthem… Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? “Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit.”
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The BBC did a survey of the top 50 things to do before we die. Not while we’re still alive, before we die.
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Three blokes go into a pub. Something happens. The outcome was hilarious!
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I try to appreciate the simple things. I’ve just been camping with my son and I enjoyed that just as much if not more than a holiday in a posh hotel. I like making a cup of tea and bacon sarnie in the morning.
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