Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Richard Herring - Page 2

I love ruins and museums but, if I've been working hard, I enjoy a beach holiday.

I had a very happy upbringing; I love funny people and love to make them laugh.

Sometimes my jokes are meant to be tasteless.

I'm investigating where our boundaries lie by sometimes overstepping those boundaries.

I like running.

I have got a lovely life. The people who like me come and see me and I make a nice living. Being on TV isn't so important. You have got to be able to do what you want to do.

I can't be the only one who watches 'Footloose' and hopes that John Lithgow will stop Kevin Bacon ever dancing again.

It's rare that you discover something by accident that resonates with your sense of humour.

I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them.

I went to the career adviser when I was 16, and tried to explain that I wanted to be a comedian or a writer. That was not on the list.

I did WeightWatchers for a while with my then girlfriend. It worked a bit, but it's all about losing weight rather than fat, which isn't always helpful.

When everyone was listening to pop music I was listening to Monty Python records.

I went to a homoeopath once, but she just told me that I was allergic to everything that I liked.

The Internet is a very exciting way of doing material that's uncensored, and doesn't have to go through TV committees, and people aren't telling you what you can and can't do.

If I was happy for eternity I don't think I could enjoy it.

I love the vibe of Italy, drinking coffee and wine, and eating pasta and pizza there.

I certainly don't get any pleasure from watching someone else dancing. That's weird. Why would anyone pay money to watch an adult dance? Just moving around in a rhythmical fashion. It's the worst medium for artistic expression.

My granddad was very funny and I really loved making people laugh. I used to do puppet shows and I really liked seeing people's reactions.

I am increasingly excited about the artistic possibilities of the Internet.

Tim Minchin and Daniel Kitson are the two people that when I see them, I think I could never be that funny or that clever.

Comedy thrives on immediacy and I got fed up waiting months to find out if a radio sketch show was being commissioned.

On one podcast, I attempt to antagonise and lose listeners by commentating on myself playing snooker against myself in my basement. Most people are baffled, confused, even angry about it.

Comedy is a downward slicing sword sometimes, looking down and laughing at people.

I have a lack of practical skills. I can't mend anything or do anything manly; I don't understand how anything works.

I have never been a massive fan of music.

It's a weird thing, having a double act - I think Stew puts more energy into his solo stuff than I do, and tries to establish his independence more.

Happiness is alluring but ungraspable, which is perhaps its ultimate appeal. Who'd really want to have it all the time?

What I question about the afterlife is how many people just accept it and don't question it, because I think living for an eternity would be much worse than dying.

I love Pompeii. I first went when I was 18.

Personally, I find it very hard to absent myself from any situation, due to overwhelming self-consciousness. There's always a voice in my head passing comment and making sure nothing can be enjoyed for what it is.

By the time I got to uni sketch comedy was much more fashionable than stand-up.

There are a lot of great disabled comedians.

I've run a marathon - I think that's the most surprising thing about me.

I have been making podcasts for over five years. It started as a bit of fun.

I was religious probably until I was about eight but I always questioned stuff very early on.

There are funny things that come from disability.

Sometimes with relationships where you work in the same job, it becomes all about the job.

In the unlikely event that I make it into heaven, I won't be able to enjoy everlasting bliss because part of the pleasure of happiness is its transience.

I've always liked science fiction as a way of commenting on ourselves and it's wrong that it is seen as less valid than other art forms.

You have to be quite aware that if you are really looking for something funny it is probably not going to happen.