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Television personality

Karl Pilkington is a British television personality known for his humor and genuine personality. Born on September 23, 1972, he gained popularity through his appearances on shows like 'The Ricky Gervais Show' and 'QI'.

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Famous Karl Pilkington Quotes

“I don't want to go about offending people, that's not my plan.”

People Want Plans Offending

Author:Karl Pilkington

“The reason there are so many gyms in London is because the amount of gay people who are here now.”

People Reason Amount Gay London Gym Gay People

Author:Karl Pilkington

“People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.”

People House Answers Doors Glasses Glass Houses

Author:Karl Pilkington

“I've never thought about it before, but I suppose bad people might need someone to pray to, too.”

People Needs Might Praying Bad People

Book:An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Source: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

“I found that being with happy positive people annoys me.”

People Found Annoying Positive People

Author:Karl Pilkington

“People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!”

People Thinking Wells Chickens Ducks Load

Author:Karl Pilkington

“I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.”

People Knows Want Giving Film Night Winning Watches Tvs Program Meat Awards Butchers

Author:Karl Pilkington

“All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.”

People Knows Nice Fame Polite Hello Up To You Saying Hello

Author:Karl Pilkington

“Chinese people age overnight.”

People Age Chinese

Author:Karl Pilkington

“People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?”

People Ifs Kids Regret What If I Regret Having Kids

Author:Karl Pilkington

“The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.”

People Religious Worship Atheist Saint Criminals Mexico

Book:An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Source: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

“Everyone is living for everyone else now. They're doing stuff so they can tell other people about it. I don't get all that social media stuff, I've always got other things I want to do - odd jobs around the house. No one wants to hear about that.”

People Want Jobs House Social Stuff Media Social Media Odd Odd Jobs

Author:Karl Pilkington

“I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.”

People Should Mean Sometimes Reason Running Bits Wonder Ems Hiding Panic Load Deep Down

Author:Karl Pilkington

“If you go away with, you know, a girlfriend, wife, whatever, you have an argument on holiday because you're not used to spending that much time with people.”

People Ifs Knows Used Wife Argument Spending Girlfriend Holiday Going Away

Author:Karl Pilkington

“People say if bees die out, the world would end apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee enthusiast who managed to write a good document and people believe this.”

People Ifs Knows World Writing Believe Ends Dies Bees Documents

Author:Karl Pilkington

“The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.”

People Persons Book Different Reason Sleep Mets Comfortable Holiday Zone Knocking Unfamiliar

Author:Karl Pilkington

“We'll all die out eventually. Humans will be gone. And all I'm saying is, when people worry about polar bears disappearing or whatever, it's like, well that's life, things will come and go, we'll find new species...”

People Humans Wells Dies Worry Gone Bears Species Disappear Comes And Goes Polar Bears

Author:Karl Pilkington

“The problem I have with all this religion stuff is that I can't relate to it. I think most people got into 'cos it gave them something to do on a Sunday, but since all the shops are now open it isn't required as much.”

People Thinking I Can Problem Stuff Relate Shops Sunday

Book:An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Source: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

“It's interesting to see that people had so much clutter even thousands of years ago. The only way to get rid of it all was to bury it, and then some archaeologist went and dug it all up.”

People Way Years Interesting Years Ago Clutter Archaeology Archaeologists

Book:An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Source: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

“I told her that I can't be doing with the Wonder part of these trips, but she said it should be the icing on the cake... I've never liked wedding cake due to the amount of icing, but then imagine a wedding cake without it; just a dark, stodgy, horrible dry sponge. The icing covers up the mess, and that's how I feel about most of the Wonders. They use them to get people to visit a place that you probably wouldn't think about visiting.”

Source: An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

“I think people would live a bit longer if they didn't know how old they were. Age puts restrictions on things.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Age Bits Know How Restriction

Author:Karl Pilkington

“it annoys me a bit how people like squirrels but not rats. at the end of the day they're the same thing, except that squirrels have had a better upbringing.”

People Ends Bits The End Of The Day Annoying Rats Upbringing Squirrels

Book:Happyslapped by a Jellyfish: The words of Karl Pilkington

Source: Happyslapped by a Jellyfish: The words of Karl Pilkington

“People moan about drugs being tested on animals. I sort of think it depends innit. If the drug's aspirin and the monkey's got a headache, is it right?”

People Ifs Thinking Animal Depends Drug Monkeys Tested Headache Aspirin

Author:Karl Pilkington

“They've found this spider, in the jungle. Three foot long, it eats chicken. Bit weird, innit. People moan saying that you shouldn't lock animals up and all the rest of it, but to be honest I wish it was locked up. The idea that it's roaming in a jungle... get it locked up.”

People Long Ideas Three Found Wish Bits Animal Feet Honest Being Honest Chickens Locked Locks Spiders Jungle Locked Up Roaming

Author:Karl Pilkington

“People say having kids is life changing, well that doesn't necessarily mean a good thing, does it? I could take one of my legs off. That would change my life.”

People Wells Mean Doe Kids Good Things Legs Life Changing Changing My Life Having Kids

Author:Karl Pilkington

“I think it's clever how Rome have kept a load of old stuff. There's no overheads, yet people are going over there to see it.”

People Thinking Stuff Clever Rome Load Overhead Old Stuff

Author:Karl Pilkington

“Blind people can stay up longer than someone with eyes.”

People Eye Blind Blind People

Author:Karl Pilkington

“I've been on the planet for 40 years now, and I'm still none the wiser as to what it's all about really. I've never worried about life's big questions. People at my age sit about pondering, 'Why are we here?' The only time I ever asked myself that is when Suzanne booked us a surprise holiday to Lanzarote.”

People Years Stills Bigs Age Planets Surprise Worried Holiday Wiser Only Time Pondering Big Questions

Author:Karl Pilkington

“I don’t understand why people take pictures of mimes. Everyone looks like a mime in a picture.”

People Looks Mime

Author:Karl Pilkington

“People say Dolphins are intelligent and that but they’ve never done anything that have blown me away. They say I’m a div and Dolphins are intelligent…It just baffles me.”

People Done Intelligent Dolphins

Author:Karl Pilkington

“Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive.”

People Knows Sometimes Too Much Depressive

Author:Karl Pilkington

About the Author

Born: September 23, 1972
Known for: Television personality
Quotes: 196

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An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl PilkingtonRelated source material

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