It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. John Cleese More Quotes by John Cleese More Quotes From John Cleese Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating. John Cleese creativity writing way Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a mistake. John Cleese music creative mistake A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people. John Cleese laughter kind people Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. John Cleese creativity special play If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat? John Cleese meat animal funny No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem. John Cleese planets problem gone There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee. John Cleese differences team two The World is insane. With tiny spots of sanity, here and there... Not the other way around! John Cleese here-and-there insane world He who laughs most, learns best. John Cleese learning teacher inspirational I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric! John Cleese rat-race eccentric want When you get to my age, and I'm 66 now, you realize that the world is a madhouse and that most people are operating in fantasy anyway. So once you realise that, it doesn't bother you much. John Cleese age people world The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put in more pondering time, their solutions are more creative. John Cleese choices creative people Technology frightens me to death. It's designed by engineers to impress other engineers, and they always come with instruction booklets that are written by engineers for other engineers - which is why almost no technology ever works. John Cleese impress technology instruction Political correctness is a bit like a granny, a maiden aunt arriving at a party when everyone's having a good time. And she comes in, they all start sort of buttoning up and becoming self-conscious and behaving properly and then when she leaves, you can have fun again. John Cleese aunt party fun If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?' John Cleese asking would-be life Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time. John Cleese taken giving order 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 creativity mind friendly The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack. John Cleese christmas swim father 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 important littles thinking If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies. John Cleese alternatives preparation moments
