John Cleese Quotes

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 27, 1939

Topics

TruthMeIdeasBetterLaughYou

People don't think the struggles gay people have are worth talking about because everyone's decided that we're all equals now. Those struggles are much more subtle now. But the weight of being different does carry on.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleBeing DifferentThinkTalking

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

Robert Mueller

NowPrincipalRightFBIAgainst

In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.

Angela Merkel

WarFaceNowYearsPrevailAffect

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

Metta World Peace

TeamYouPlayWantHardRight

Playing all the time keeps you on everybody's mind.

Soccer Mommy

TimeMindYouPlayingEverybody

We're at our best when we put hope in front of fear.

Tom Perez

FearHopeBestOurFrontPut

I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 11.

Roger Moore

LearnAlphabetUntil

I had no desire to get up onstage and tell jokes. I prefer to stand next to really funny people.

Jon Hamm

FunnyPeopleStandDesireJokesUp

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

Christopher Hitchens

ReligionNewUpGoingComeAny

Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it's a magnificent profession.

Clayton M. Christensen

OpportunityPeopleManagementBetter

I learned to play drums to the 'Blue Album.'

Brendon Urie

BluePlayDrumsAlbumLearned

A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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