I’m rather relaxed about death. From quite an early age I’ve regarded it as part of the deal, the unwritten guarantee that comes with your birth certificate.
BOB MONKHOUSEA miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.
More Bob Monkhouse Quotes
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My mother tried to kill me when I was a baby. She denied it. She said she thought the plastic bag would keep me fresh.
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I can still enjoy sex at 74 – I live at 75, so it’s no distance.
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Marriage is an investment which pays dividends if you pay interest.
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A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.
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My wife said, ‘Can my mother come down for the weekend?’ So I said, ‘Why?’ And she said, ‘Well, she’s been up on the roof two weeks already.’
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Although I have always loved the noise of laughter, I really can’t fear the coming of quiet. As for funerals, I rather like them. Such nice things are always said about the deceased, I feel sad that they had to miss hearing it all by just a few days.
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I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.
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I’d never be unfaithful to my wife for the reason that I love my house very much.
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Dulwich College takes me back after seventy years: My Mum must have written one hell of a sick note!
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They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they’re not laughing now.
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I’ll never stop working. I want to die in the saddle. A day is wasted for me if I haven’t done something even mildly creative.
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I saw a specialist who asked me ‘Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?’. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.
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I came home and found that my son was taking drugs – my very best ones too!
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With my wife it was sex, sex, sex…Yes, three times in 35 years.
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What do gardeners do when they retire?
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