I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave. Karl Pilkington More Quotes by Karl Pilkington More Quotes From Karl Pilkington We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age. Karl Pilkington iron age funny I've been on the planet for 40 years now, and I'm still none the wiser as to what it's all about really. I've never worried about life's big questions. People at my age sit about pondering, 'Why are we here?' The only time I ever asked myself that is when Suzanne booked us a surprise holiday to Lanzarote. Karl Pilkington holiday people years Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight. Karl Pilkington challenges yesterday home I've heard that fact, that is you eat more than six bananas it will kill you. I saw a bowl with seven bananas in it and I thought, that's dangerous. Karl Pilkington bananas saws facts Why didn't evolution make a giraffe good at carpentry so it could build a ladder? Karl Pilkington ladders giraffe evolution Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive. Karl Pilkington too-much sometimes people People who live in a glass house have to answer the door. Karl Pilkington glasses doors people They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish in it. Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. Simple. Basic science. Karl Pilkington ocean simple sea I find that if you just talk, your mouth comes up with stuff. Karl Pilkington mouths stuff funny Normally you can't hear you're own voice because you're talking over it. Karl Pilkington over-it voice talking It's weird how me and that insect are miles apart in terms of lifestyle, yet we both like a biscuit. Karl Pilkington miles-apart biscuits lifestyle We're gonna get weaker. That's already happened. They used to say, you know, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Now they're saying eat five fruits. That's evidence. You can't argue with that. Karl Pilkington apples doctors funny If you can't do it, don't do it. Karl Pilkington ifs There was some women in a café the other week that I was sat in, and she came up and she sat down with her mate and she was talkin' loudly goin' on about "oh the baby's lovely." They said it's got, er, lovely big eyes, er, really big hands and feet. Now that doesn't sound like a nice baby to me. I felt like sayin' it sounds like a frog. But I thought I don't know her, there's only so much you can say to a stranger. I don't know what kept me from sayin' it. Karl Pilkington nice eye baby She gave me the jabs and said I was covered for every worst-case scenario, including being bitten by a dirty chimp. I told her this is why we have over-population problems. Why are idiots who annoy dirty chimps being protected? Karl Pilkington worst-case-scenario population-problem dirty Everywhere we walked we got plenty of attention due to the camera and sound men. The locals love to get on camera. [...] I'd seen footage of Gandhi surrounded like this and always thought it was because he was very popular, but now I wonder if it was just because he had a camera crew with him. Karl Pilkington cameras sound men [Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful. Karl Pilkington ocean giving funny I don't know why small chocolates are called fun-sized; I mean, if I called a midget fun-sized, they'd kick off. Karl Pilkington chocolate funny mean I've always wanted to kick a duck up the arse Karl Pilkington arses kicks ducks I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they are just giant boulders balanced on top of each other, like a massive game of Jenga that has got out of hand. Karl Pilkington pyramids games believe
