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 BAILEYI once punched a bloke in the face for saying ‘Hawk the Slayer’ was rubbish, when what I should have said ‘Dad, you’re wrong.’
More Bill Bailey Quotes
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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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There we go, that’s it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.
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Contentment is knowing you’re right
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Relaxed Empiricism — I only believe something to be true if someone I know quite well tells me if happened.
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I know that to be a true fact because I read it in Heat magazine
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Nostalgia: How long’s that been around?
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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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At 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.
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So many beautiful things, I cannot possess them all!
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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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People say ‘Bill, are you an optimist?’ And I say, ‘I hope so.’
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I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you’ve got to admire the workmanship.
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Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door.
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American rock has a sort of self-pitying whine to it.
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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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