61 Quotes by Rhys Darby

The three golden rules of leadership1 Always do a roll call2 Always have meetings3 Always write things down4 Always have a spare rule up your sleeveM Hewitt

Then the Sergeant major pointed me out and said something that has stuck with me until this day. He said:'You are very silent aren't you Darby? There is something about the look in your eyes. You're either very smart of very stupid.'I smiled at this statement, trying hard not to give away which category I fitted into. In the many years that have followed since being questioned in that way I have often wondered myself whether I'd very smart or very stupid. Is it possible to be both?

Science and technology are the keys to both our longevity and our demise. Our entire existence on this planet is a double-edged sword.

We live in a digital world where all is available at the touch of a screen. Money has been simplified, changed subtly over time from tangible bills to numbers in cyberspace. Cash is no longer in a cloth bag; it's numbers on a screen. Numbers that can be manipulated and modified. If you run out of numbers, you can just buy some more, right?

I love that feeling you get once you leave a cinema having just watched a movie during the day. Your eyes slowly adjust to the natural light, and your mind, being a little slower, takes its time to separate the images of film from the reality you are suddenly facing.

I do enjoy walking, but there's got to be a goal at end of it. It's one of the reasons I hate treadmills. All that jogging and going nowhere - it's too frustrating.

I've been lucky in life, that's for sure, but it all started with being born in the greatest country in the world - New Zealand.

There comes a time in every man's life when he realises he will never be James Bond.

When I do the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I always go across to Loch Ness and stay there.