Eric Idle Quotes

Sweden advertised it as the movie so funny that Norwegians weren’t allowed to see it.

By Christmas 1975 the divorce fairy was hovering. My marriage was breaking up, and no wonder. Lyn was a lovely woman and a good mother and she certainly deserved better. Not surprisingly, my faithlessness was rewarded by hers and she left me and my two-year-old son in London to spend Christmas in France. I did learn that infidelity is not a good basis for a marriage. Best to disappoint one woman at a time. Sad, but with my lovely blond son for company, I got an unexpected boost. On a snowy Christmas Eve, two men delivered an enormous thing wrapped in brown paper from a lorry. We ripped the paper off to find a fully stacked jukebox filled with all George’s favorite records. A note said, Every home should have one, Happy Christmas, love George and Olivia

I have British teeth. They are like British politics: they go in all directions at once.

The room was rococo. I had a strong sense of gilt.

Once you’re in the circus you’re all in the circus, and of course it turns out that they are real people too.

Laughter is the only sane response to pathological lying.

sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will make me cry by myself in a corner for hours.

I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.

One day the sun will die, one day the galaxy will die, one day the entire Universe will die. I’m not feeling too good myself. So, what have I learned over my long and weird life? Well, firstly, that there are two kinds of people, and I don’t much care for either of them. Secondly, when faced with a difficult choice, either way is often best. Thirdly, always leave a party when people begin to play the bongos.

Men come in three sizes: small, medium, and extremely fucked up.

always leave a party when people begin to play the bongos.

I bring messages and thanks from the others. Terry Gilliam sadly can't be with us tonight as they won't let him show his ass, which has been very favorably compared with Spielberg's ass.
Graham Chapman can't be with us tonight, as sadly he is still dead. And John Cleese is finishing a movie.
He has to get it back to Blockbuster by tomorrow.

On our way, we got lost and passersby denied all knowledge of the location of the camp. We finally arrived as it was getting dark, and they said it was closing. “Tell them we’re Jewish,” said Graham.

If one of the best ways to appreciate life is to have an unhappy childhood, I was very fortunate.

I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.