328 Quotes by John Cleese

I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, "We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth," but it doesn't feel English.

Other people, you know, put a latex rubber on, you know, to become sexually excited. There's so much I don't understand.

I don't want to hurt people.

I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.

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

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

Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most important thing and the most rewarding thing.

The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.

Muslims, who have a completely different value system, come to the West, then they should accept that there are certain basic values in the West intrinsic to our culture. Just as I wouldn't suggest that any Westerner walk down the streets of Saudi Arabia in a bikini.