I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

Quote by Stephen Fry

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It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an...

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an...

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...