Robin Ince Quotes

My wife could turn to me and she may say, 'Why do you love me?' And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, 'Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors.'

Homeopaths do not have a physical brain, but merely 'skull water' with the memory of brains.

If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get.

I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice

My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.

They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.

There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.

To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.

We as human beings like to be cocksure and certain.

I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.

Once you start looking at the world rationally, it becomes much more exciting.

The worst, the most difficult thing I think is that the more you become intrigued by science and the information is out there, the more you are aware of the paucity of your own knowledge.

Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.

I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.

You always need to find the balance in the science, but the balance to talking about evolutionary theory is not to talk about creationism, that's not a balance, that's misleading and it's just wrong.

Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.

I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.

Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.

Wherever you are on Earth, there is more life present than in the rest of the known universe.

I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life, the universe can't turn to me and go, 'What have you been doing, you idiot? That's not the point!

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.