“I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.” BookReadingGlueSniffing Glue Author:Tim Vine
“Ive decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.” WellsDecidedSellsDustCollectingHoover Author:Tim Vine
“People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.” PeopleIfsAsksStuffEffortChildhoodConsciousSillyTraditionalSwearTemptedSwearingSilly Stuff Author:Tim Vine
“With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke” PeopleWantNeedsNextStuffLaughingFiveConfidenceJokesPercentSillyNervousSeventiesSilly Stuff Author:Tim Vine
“I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics – I just got bronze.” SunOlympicsBronzeTanning Author:Tim Vine
“My friend told me he was going to a fancy-dress party as an Italian island. I said: 'Don’t be Sicily’.” SaidPartyMy FriendsDressesIslandsFancyItalian Author:Tim Vine
“Nobody will ever know I existed. Nothing to leave behind me. Nothing to pass on. Nobody to mourn me. That's the bitterest blow of all.” KnowsBehindsBlowMourn Author:Tony Hancock
“The only thing that preoccupies me is that France has broken down, and we need to start up the engine again - all the way. But not so as to run into a wall.” WayNeedsRunningBrokenWallDown AndFranceEnginesBroken Down Author:Jean-Marc Ayrault
“The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis.” GovernmentEconomicHigherTaxesDecidedCrisisAusterityEconomic Crisis Author:Arnaud Montebourg
“Where does the hand become the wrist? where does the neck become the shoulder? The watershed and then the weight, whatever turns up and tips us over that razor's edge between something and nothing, between one and the other.” DoeHandsTurnsWeightEdgesShouldersNecksWristsRazorsWatersheds Book:The Shout: Selected Poems Source: The Shout: Selected Poems
