I've always been the kind of person who leaves parties early to catch the last bus home. Terry Wogan More Quotes by Terry Wogan More Quotes From Terry Wogan There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced. Terry Wogan enoughhelpingworld Don't start drinking before the fifth song. Terry Wogan drinkingsongamerica Who knows what hellish future lies ahead? ... Actually, I do. I've seen the rehearsals. Terry Wogan lyingamericaworld Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it. Terry Wogan radioimaginationtelevision I don't make the mistake of thinking it's a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue long after I'm gone. Just please don't ask me to take it seriously. Terry Wogan mistakesongthinking But they're laughing at you. They're not laughing with you. Terry Wogan laughterlaughingamerica Jamie Oliver's lunch is soup, half a papaya with lime, ciabatta with mozzarella and prosciutto. The dear boy is not sharing the same planet as the rest of us. Is this lunacy supposed to be a practical suggestion for a harassed housewife trying to drag her children off to school? Terry Wogan boyschildrenschool Sadly, I cant avoid being 75. Like many people of my age, we are all heading towards the grim reaper, and I am clinging on. I just to have to sharpen my fingernails a little so that I can hang on for longer! Terry Wogan agelittlespeople People who are successful should never forget that its 90 per cent luck. Youve got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - Blankety Blank, the talk show, when I was winning every award going. Terry Wogan awardssuccessfulwinning Worried about a skin condition? Leap smartly into a bath of porridge. Terry Wogan bathsworriedskins The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what happened in Hollywood 15 or so years ago. Terry Wogan hollywoodcreativeyears I suppose I should make a little apology to Cyndi - although I'm not taking the blame for this - because I was the one who did say Cyndi had won. Terry Wogan blameapologylittles Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana. Terry Wogan liketime-fliesfruittime Nobody really knows what they look like. The mirror shows you only what you want to see. Terry Wogan mirrornobodylookyou A couple of years before he died, I kissed my father goodbye. He said, 'Son, you haven't kissed me since you were a little boy.' It went straight to my heart, and I kissed him whenever I saw him after that, and my sons and I always kiss whenever we meet. Terry Wogan meheartfatherson My parents spent an awful lot of money sending me to the best possible schools, and I came out of my exams and thought, 'I don't really want to do a degree.' I did philosophy with the Jesuits for about a year, and then I joined a bank. While I was there, I saw an ad in an Irish paper for radio announcers. Terry Wogan parentsbestmemoney The BBC knew I was successful from early on, but they weren't sure why, and they still aren't sure. What I do has been unconventional from the beginning, so they've never been sure. It just works. It just does. Terry Wogan whybeginningneverjust All reality TV shows are a triumph of voyeurism. They choose contestants who are ill-suited and slightly freakish. Terry Wogan choosewhotriumphreality You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing live interviews on television, you learn not to say the first thing that comes into your head. Terry Wogan liveloseyoutelevision I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a sin as long as you don't take pleasure from it. Terry Wogan nothingyouyouthlong
