Quotes by Eric Idle

“Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.”

“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy...”

“Mere lack of evidence, of course, is no reason to denounce a theory. Look at intelligent design. The fact that it is bollocks hasnt stopped a good many people from believing in it. Darwinism itself...”

“Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it.”

“I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.”

“My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was tough, but it got me to Cambridge - like being a chrysalis sudde...”

“I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man.”

“At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.”

“Always look on the bright side of life.”

“Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.”

“American Beer is a lot like making love in a canoe - it's fucking close to water.”

“Basically, the Germans came to us and said, We don't have a sense of humour.”

“I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.”