English - Comedian | September 29, 1972 -
Feminism isn't about hating men. It's about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.
Robert Webb
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I'm the guy who spends 15 minutes staring out of the window wondering what to have for lunch.
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Missing out an apostrophe or two does not make you an idiot. But equating party allegiance with nationhood certainly makes you a thug. And thugs don't often notice that they're thugs, usually because they're also idiots.
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Feminism is an attack on social practices and habits of thought that keep women and men boxed into gender roles that are harmful.
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Don't get me wrong - intellectual snobbery is vulgar and gauche.
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Mum was an amazing parent and my best pal. The tragedy of it, really, was that she died from breast cancer just as I was becoming a man, aged 17, and we were just starting to speak as adults. She was snatched away, and it felt cruel. She made me laugh.
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We call ourselves comedy writer-performers, and that encompasses everything, and I certainly have a very open mind about it.
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My first proper kiss was from Cara Shucksmith when I was 13 or 14 at her birthday party.
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I was in the play 'Fat Pig in the West End,' which is a comedy but has dramatic moments.
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When I was 18, I was halfway up the Eiffel Tower with my friend, Tom, when we decided to stick our heads through the railings. The gap between the railings was exactly the right size to be able to put your head through and nearly get stuck. Which is exactly what happened.
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I had a friend at college who took being poor very personally. He started showering in the sports centre next door and said he wasn't going to pay for the hot water in our flat any more because he didn't use it. He made me and my other friend pay the bills on our own.
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I've been called funny. I assume my wife thinks I'm funny. But generally, if you bumped into me and said hello, I would say hello back, politely. And that would be it.
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