328 Quotes by John Cleese

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    Telling people how to be creative is easy – being creative is difficult.

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    No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it’s your problem.

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    We all die at the end, but does that nullify everything? Would most people rather say, “I wish I hadn’t been born?” Once you’re born you’ll have to die, now is that funny or sad?

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    While you’re being creative, nothing is wrong. There’s no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough.

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    Manuel will show you to your rooms – if you’re lucky.

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    Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation – look – please try to understand before one of us dies.

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    I’m always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

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    You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him enter regional distribution codes in data field 97 to facilitate regression analysis on the back end.

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    There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don’t. Two, when we have a “World Championship”, we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.

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