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 BAILEYAt college, I felt frustrated thinking three years was a long time and I just wanted a job but afterwards I was in employment the whole time.
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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I’m English, and as such I crave disappointment. That’s why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair.
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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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I suppose you could be a member of a terrorist organization in a non-violent way, in the laundry or the catering department.
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It’s not a beard, it’s an animal I’ve trained to sit very still.
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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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But our country’s equivalent of gritty reality is more like “Look out Sarge, he’s got a shooter!”
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It’s the augmented fourth, or diminished fifth, depending on your outlook on life.
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In Unity there is strength; We can move mountains when we’re united and enjoy life – Without unity we are victims. Stay united.
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Thank God for Darwin, eh?
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American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.
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People say ‘Bill, are you an optimist?’ And I say, ‘I hope so.’
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I’m a vegetarian, I’m not strict. I eat fish. And duck, but they’re nearly fish aren’t they.
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Live comedy’s a very reckless, foolhardy profession. You’re only as good as your last gig so earnings fluctuate.
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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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