132 Quotes by Tim Minchin

Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world? How does it so fail to hold our attention that we have to diminish it with the invention of cheap, man-made myths and monsters?

Throughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT magic...

We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.

Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.

A genius is a mentally ill person with an audience.

The day they discover yoga mats are carcinogenic will be the happiest day of my life.

There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don’t hear them whinging.

Only a ginger, can call another ginger Ginger.

It’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days.