512 Quotes by Ricky Gervais

Piracy doesn’t kill music, boy bands do.

That’s what being nervous and sort of out of your comfort zone does. It’s the same in “The Office” when a black guy comes to the office and all he thinks is ‘I better show this guy I’m not a racist.’ So what does he do? Only talks about black issues.

Try something. And never be afraid to fail. That failure is useful too. It’s just another building block.

I always chose all my friends on whether they were funny. What’s a better way to pass the time than laughing or smiling?

It always comes back to us – why are we here? Well, we just happened to be here, we couldn’t choose it. The chance of us being born – that sperm hitting that egg – is 400 trillion to 1. We’re not special, we’re just lucky; and this is a holiday. We didn’t exit for 14 and a half billion years. Then we got 80 or 90 years if we’re lucky, and then we’ll never exist again. So we should make the most of it.

Remember, being healthy is basically dying as slowly as possible.

You should bring something into the world that wasn’t in the world before. It doesn’t matter what that is. It doesn’t matter if it’s a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say ‘I did that.’

I don’t do anything for the money.

You are the result of billions of years of evolution. You will only live for a few years and will never exist again. Absolutely beautiful.