There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
TIM MINCHINSend thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.
More Tim Minchin Quotes
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It’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days
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Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief.
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Define yourself by what you love.
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You know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? – Medicine.
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Throughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic.
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Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
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Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid and damaging idea.
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Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.
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Science is awesome. The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated.
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I spend so much time hating (my body) but it never says a bad word about me
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A genius is a mentally ill person with an audience
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A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
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Respect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room,
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If I had a religion, its deity would be Audysseus, the sound God, and He would be a vengeful god, dishing out eternal damnation to people with cheap stage monitors.
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Love without evidence is stalking.
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