John Cleese

John Cleese

"If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play"
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"If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play"
John Cleese
"Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about."
John Cleese
"The idea that you have to be protected from any kind of uncomfortable emotion is what I absolutely do not subscribe to."
John Cleese
"You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change."
John Cleese
"I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from."
John Cleese
"Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?"
John Cleese
"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."
John Cleese
"He who laughs most, learns best."
John Cleese
"If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"
John Cleese
"I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing."
John Cleese
"I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London."
John Cleese
"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."
John Cleese
"I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me."
John Cleese
"The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it."
John Cleese
"Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it."
John Cleese
"Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.” ― John Cleese"
John Cleese
"One of our professors described a lecture as 'a mystical process by which the notes on the pad of the lecturer pass on to the pad of the student, without passing through the mind of either'."
John Cleese
"He who laughs most, learns best"
John Cleese
"This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious."
John Cleese
"Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about."
John Cleese
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