Quotes by John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report.

John Cleese belongs to the following category: Monty Python

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If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

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

Capitalism, BusinessJohn Cleese
 
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I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

MoneyJohn Cleese
 
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The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.

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I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

LondonJohn Cleese
 
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A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

Laughing & SmileJohn Cleese
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You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

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He who laughs most, learns best.

Laughing & Smile, LearningJohn Cleese
 
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The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.

CreativityJohn Cleese
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I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

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I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

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