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 MONKHOUSESilence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.
More Bob Monkhouse Quotes
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What do gardeners do when they retire?
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When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up, what did he go back to?
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I can remember when safe sex meant a padded headboard.
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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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A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.
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I can still enjoy sex at 74 – I live at 75, so it’s no distance.
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My father only hit me once, but he used a Volvo.
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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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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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I’d never be unfaithful to my wife for the reason that I love my house very much.
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I came home and found that my son was taking drugs – my very best ones too!
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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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Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.
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I got my start in silent radio.
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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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