328 Quotes by John Cleese

Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago.

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.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the moment when I think of something. And then the challenge is how to get that funny idea to work in terms of the structure and that kind of thing, which is - and that's what I really love doing.

A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

I think humor is incredibly positive, I think it is life advancing. There's medical research to show that it improves your antibodies. It's all about sense and perspective.