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Stephen Fry Quotes: "I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook."

I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that."

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.




Stephen Fry Quotes: "To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is after all the same word we use to describe... essence"

To me, reason is as spiritual as anything else, the beauty of reason seems to me indelible and ineffable and numinous... the spirit is after all the same word we use to describe... essence



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he?"

Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he?




Stephen Fry Quotes: "You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height."

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two."

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world."

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.




Stephen Fry Quotes: "Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them."

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?"

Well, isn't it splendid & rather toffee?



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Compromise is a stalling between two fools."

Compromise is a stalling between two fools.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Incuriosity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is."

Incuriosity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I'm afraid I don't believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith."

I'm afraid I don't believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith.




Stephen Fry Quotes: "Thank you for your input; I can tell you are struggling towards being interesting."

Thank you for your input; I can tell you are struggling towards being interesting.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue."

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws."

The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Generally, we admire the thing we are not."

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself."

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Nature admits no hierarchy of beauty or usefulness or importance."

Nature admits no hierarchy of beauty or usefulness or importance.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Talent is inborn, but technique is learned."

Talent is inborn, but technique is learned.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I went to Cambridge and thought I would stay there. I thought I would quietly grow tweed in a corner somewhere and become a Don or something."

I went to Cambridge and thought I would stay there. I thought I would quietly grow tweed in a corner somewhere and become a Don or something.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good."

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand."

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold."

Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I have to mime at parties when everyone sings Happy Birthday... Mime or mumble and rumble and growl and grunt so deep that only moles, manta rays and mushrooms can hear me."

I have to mime at parties when everyone sings Happy Birthday... Mime or mumble and rumble and growl and grunt so deep that only moles, manta rays and mushrooms can hear me.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time."

No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid."

It's extremely unlucky to be superstitious, for no other reason than it is always unlucky to be colossally stupid.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate"

Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I have Van Gogh's ear for music"

I have Van Gogh's ear for music



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties."

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies."

The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "How can I tell you what I think until I've heard what I'm going to say?"

How can I tell you what I think until I've heard what I'm going to say?



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Knowing what I now know I would never have done anything so fatuous; but then I never would have known what I know now had I not."

Knowing what I now know I would never have done anything so fatuous; but then I never would have known what I know now had I not.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children"

You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Literature is the only access to truth we have on this planet."

Literature is the only access to truth we have on this planet.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment."

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "There's nothing worse than the British in one of their fits of morality."

There's nothing worse than the British in one of their fits of morality.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "When push-off comes to shove-off, a man must have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings, something more than the threat of bedsores, at any rate."

When push-off comes to shove-off, a man must have a reason to get out of bed in the mornings, something more than the threat of bedsores, at any rate.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there"

A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there



Stephen Fry Quotes: "...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television."

...as absurd and dishonest as claiming that the trouble with computer games is that they stop people watching television.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers."

Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I don't believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods."

I don't believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book."

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Entry is not equivalent to possession."

Entry is not equivalent to possession.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "We always make the mistake, the fatal mistake in the case of military people, of imagining that each war will be a kind of version of the one that happened previously."

We always make the mistake, the fatal mistake in the case of military people, of imagining that each war will be a kind of version of the one that happened previously.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Not one word of the following is true"

Not one word of the following is true



Stephen Fry Quotes: "It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously."

It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know."

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "Families where there is not much laughter I think are signs of some sort of dysfunctionality or sickness."

Families where there is not much laughter I think are signs of some sort of dysfunctionality or sickness.



Stephen Fry Quotes: "All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say."

All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.