Eric Idle 's Personal Best, |
a straightforward, down-to-earth man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh - probably more often than anyone else I know. |
All right, now we're going to make a sketch. |
Always look on the bright side of life. (Monty Python) |
And one of them turned to me, ... and said, 'Oh my God! Eric Idle!' |
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future. |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people. |
Do Not Adjust Your Set ... Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
great wit, a great sense of humor. |
I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person. |
I can't think of anyone who knew how to play comedy better than Ronnie Barker and I count myself enormously fortunate to have known and worked with him, |
I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking. |
I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through. |
I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes. |