Barry Humphries quotes

Barry Humphries was an Australian comedian, actor, and satirist, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage. His sharp wit and flamboyant stage persona made him an icon of international comedy. He entertained audiences worldwide with his distinctive humor and social commentary. Here are 11 of his quotes:

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously. (Barry Humphries)
Although there were many who did the dirty on him in the envious world of letters, Stephen never let any of them live rent-free in his brain. View quote
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. View quote
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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary. View quote
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Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores. View quote
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And so I set these things down before the onset of the first of a thousand small physical degradations as, in a still-distant suburb, Death strides whistling towards me. View quote
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He would have been a handful in any society. He is a misfit and fully conscious of it. The punctilio of his old-world manners, the dandified scrupulosity of his Savile Row suits, are compelled by an unsleeping awareness that he has no more business among ordinary human beings than a Venusian. View quote
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more. View quote
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I denied this for many, many years and years... but you cannot help but not see a little of my mother in the character of Edna. View quote
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I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect. View quote
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To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother. (Barry Humphries)

Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries - Image
Photo: WTCA, CC BY 2.5
Occupation: Australian Comedian
Born: February 17, 1934
Died: April 22, 2023
Quotes count: 11
Wikipedia: Barry Humphries

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