John Cleese Quotes & Sayings

“He who laughs most, learns best.”

“It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that.”

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

“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.”

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

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.”

“My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.”

“Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough.”

“I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.”

“The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.”