Ben Elton quotes

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi. (Ben Elton)
The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value. View quote
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The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth. View quote
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If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven. View quote
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Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposite feeling of resentment towards them. View quote
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I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous. View quote
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And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish. View quote
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My parents were secular. I am an atheist. View quote
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This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence. View quote
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Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless. View quote
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Leave a message, don't leave a message. live, die, it's all the same dream. (Ben Elton)
I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring. View quote
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People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count. View quote
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I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality. View quote
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I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume. View quote
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I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things - but I'm proud of the fact I've remained close to everyone I've ever worked with. View quote
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I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it. View quote
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There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do. View quote
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My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again! View quote
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I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights. View quote
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Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been. View quote
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I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother. View quote
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We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother. View quote
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I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing. View quote
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