Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

Quote by John Cleese

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If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes...

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes...

I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at...

I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at...

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly...

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly...

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want...

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want...

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make...

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make...

I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh,...

I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh,...

A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and...

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and...

Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to...

Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to...

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts...

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts...

He who laughs most, learns best.

He who laughs most, learns best.

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

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

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a...

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a...

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very...

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very...

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

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

It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as...

It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as...

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting....

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting....

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much...

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much...