613 Quotes by Stephen Fry

I’m afraid I don’t believe there is such a thing as blasphemy, just outrage from those insecure in their own faith.

It was a Tuesday in February. Many my life’s most awful moments have taken place on Tuesdays. And what is February if not the Tuesday of the year?

If there is a sort of national American emotion I would call it optimism. If there is an English one I would call it embarrassment – not even pessimism – just sheer shame, embarrassment and confusion.

The trick of being a good guest is never to ask any questions about the composition of the household. Hosts, even the grandest, are nervous creatures and interpret curiosity as evidence of dissatisfaction.

If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.

Princess Diana holds in the threshold for a second longer, checks over her shoulder that her Prince is out of earshot and whispers softly in my ear, ‘Sorry to leave early, though secretly I’m quite glad. It’s Spitting Image tonight, and I want to watch it in my room. They hate it of course. I absolutely adore it.

What walks on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three in the evening?

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t.

Remember, cautioned the centaur. Modesty. Observance of the gods. In a fight do not do what you want to do, but what you judge you’re enemy least wants you to. You cannot control others if you cannot control yourself. Those who most understand their own limitations have the fewest.