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.
BILL BAILEYWhy 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.’
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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I once punched a bloke in the face for saying ‘Hawk the Slayer’ was rubbish, when what I should have said ‘Dad, you’re wrong.’
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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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There’s more evil in the charts than an Al-Qaeda suggestion box.
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I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think ‘Oh my God, I’m James Blunt, what have I done?’
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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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Welcome to the O2. A unique building in Dublin, in that it is actually finished.
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How many amoebas does it take to screw in a light bulb? One, no two! No four! …no eight!
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Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?
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Television is where you earn regular money so you can plan a little bit but even then only when you have a regular gig. If you’re just doing the odd appearance, you don’t know if it will carry on.
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Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit
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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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But our country’s equivalent of gritty reality is more like “Look out Sarge, he’s got a shooter!”
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Three blokes go into a pub. One of them is a little bit stupid, and the whole scene unfolds with a tedious inevitability.
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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 am a confectionery-based existentialist.
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