235 Quotes by Bill Bailey

The devil's in the detail and sometimes if you're thinking too big, you can miss the detail.

I prefer the simple things and I love walking in the countryside, or going camping... but simplicity is hard. It's easier to over-complicate things.

I've always been reasonably upbeat about most things.

If I'm a national treasure, does that mean I'm like the Elgin Marbles and will get repatriated at some point?

I've always been envious of certainty, of people who always seemed to have a plan for their lives.

I hate getting ill, it irritates me so I try to stay reasonably healthy.

Fatherhood made everything more straightforward. I was relieved that no longer did I have to agonise over what meaning I had in my life.

At yoga you get some sense of spiritual space so that people don't intrude. You can go there and close your eyes and no one will talk to you. People are too worried about not fainting to bother with some bloke who was on the telly.

I used to like beer, but it makes me feel slightly queasy.