Terry Jones quotes

Terry Jones was a Welsh actor, comedian, writer, and director, best known as a founding member of Monty Python. His work greatly influenced comedy and brought a unique blend of wit and absurdity to audiences worldwide. He became beloved for his creative storytelling and scholarly contributions to history and literature. Here are 19 of his quotes:

Sarah: That's not fair! Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?

Terry Jones

What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan.

Terry Jones

Saying "We will destroy terrorism" is about as meaningful as saying: "We shall annihilate mockery."

Terry Jones

Why do I feel so exercised about what we think of the people of the Middle Ages?...I guess it's because so many of their voices are ringing vibrantly in my ears – Chaucer's, Boccaccio's, Henry Knighton's, Thomas Walsingham's, Froissart's, Jean Creton's... writers and contemporary historians of the period who seem to me just as individual, just as alive as we are today. We need to get to know these folk better in order to know who we are ourselves.

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Ludicrous concepts...like the whole idea of a "war on terrorism". You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?

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I don't think you need religion.

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A Horse, a Bucket and a Spoon.

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I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing.

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I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

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You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.

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I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.

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We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.

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Fatherhood is wonderful.

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I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!

Terry Jones

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.

Terry Jones

It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.

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We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever.

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