Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Spike Milligan

Quote by Spike Milligan

Author

Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan (1918-2002) was an Irish-born British comedian, writer, and musician. As a co-creator and star of the groundbreaking radio comedy show "The Goon Show," he revolutionized comedy and influenced generations of comedians. Milligan is celebrated for his surrealist and absurdist humor, pioneering a style that became the foundation for modern comedy. Born in India, he served in the British Army during World War II before launching his legendary comedy career. more

You May Also Like

“Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.”

“To achieve accurate knowledge of others, if such a thing were possible, we could only ever arrive at it through the slow and unsure recognition of our own initial optical inaccuracies. However, such knowledge is not possible: for, while our vision of others is being adjusted, they, who are not made of mere brute matter, are also changing; we think we have managed to see them more clearly, but they shift; and when we believe we have them fully in focus, it is merely our older images of them that we have clarified, but which are themselves already out of date.”