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.’
BILL BAILEYIn Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we’re united and enjoy life – Without unity we are victims. Stay united.
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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But our country’s equivalent of gritty reality is more like “Look out Sarge, he’s got a shooter!”
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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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I never really thought comedy was a career option, just something I did for fun. Suddenly I realised I was getting paid which was a bonus. I studied for a diploma with the London College of Music, and teaching was something I thought I might do but comedy intervened.
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My wife bought me a vintage Gibson guitar that isn’t just beautiful but has tremendous sentimental value. I have plenty of guitars for live gigs but this is one to treasure.
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Contentment is knowing you’re right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong.
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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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Three women walk into a pub and say, ‘Hooray, we’ve colonised a male-dominated joke format’
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Work hard, save and live within your means.
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Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit
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There we go, that’s it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.
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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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Marijuana? It’s harmless really, unless you fashion it into a club and beat somebody over the head with it
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I 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.
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I’m sort of like a post-modern vegetarian; I eat meat ironically.
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This shed does not contain me.
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