John Cleese Quotes

Всъщност самоиронията с право се приема за здравословна, а и всички предпочитаме хората, които не се вземат прекалено на сериозно.

Technology frightens me to death. It's designed by engineers to impress other engineers. And they always come with instruction booklets that are written by engineers for other engineers — which is why almost no technology ever works.

Because these people are operating at a very very low level of mental health, they are incapable of understanding the teaching.

The anthropologist Gregory Bateson once said, “You can’t have a new idea ’til you’ve got rid of an old one.

Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.

As Hindus say, the mind is like a chattering, drunken monkey.

I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again.

The first was that the creative architects knew how to play.

The problem with political correctness is that comedians have to set the bar according to what we are told by the most touchy, most emotionally unstable and fragile and least stoic people in the country.

Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a
mistake.

Mrs. Richards: Girl, there's no paper in my room. Why don't you check these things? That's what you're being paid for, isn't it?
Polly: We don't put it in the rooms.
Mrs. Richards: What?
Polly: Well, we keep it in the lounge.
Mrs. Richards: [aghast] In the lounge?
Polly: I'll get you some. Do you want plain ones or ones with our address on it?
Mrs. Richards: Address on it?
Polly: How many sheets? Well, how many are you going to use?
Mrs. Richards: Manager!

What's the bleedin' point?

This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If you just keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

It seemed as though he had a fundamental belief that the merit of his argument depended on the strength of his feelings about the matter, and since he always felt uncontrollably passionate about everything, then clearly he was always right.

here’s my advice: get your panic in early! The good thing about panic is that it gives you energy.