You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.

Quote by Stephen Fry

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They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

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'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...

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...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

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...

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to...

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to...

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...

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

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's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if...

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

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...

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...