Top 70 Quotes & Sayings by Tim Vine

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British comedian Tim Vine.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Timothy Mark Vine is an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter known for his one-liner jokes, and his role on Not Going Out from 2006 to 2014. He has released a number of DVDs of his stand-up comedy and has written several joke books. In 2010 and 2014, Vine won the award for best joke at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His winning jokes were: "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again" and "I decided to sell my Hoover ... well it was just collecting dust." He was the runner up in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

British - Comedian | Born: March 4, 1967

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If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative.

Tim Vine

So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.'

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I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.

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If you compulsively pun you are called a paronomasiac.

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My DVD cellophane was put on by a psychiatrist. It was shrink-wrapped.

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I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy.

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So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.

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You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice.

Tim Vine

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet.

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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.

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For one thing, I don't pun excessively in real life.

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One of the things I like about when I tour sometimes is that occasionally you'll see a dad there with his 12-year-old son and they're both enjoying it.

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People think that because of my act that I must have a really busy mind and I must be driven. I really am not. I quite like going outside and looking at spiders on a hedge in my garden and stuff.

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I love acting, but it's all just a bonus.

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My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul.

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Comedy covers such a wide range of different styles that I'm not really qualified to talk on all of them any more than anyone else is.

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You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.

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So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'

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I sit in places like Costa Coffee in Banstead and write rubbish. I need a deadline. I think about the 44 tour dates and keep imagining standing in front of all these people. Then every day I write 15 jokes minimum.

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Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds.

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I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again.

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Velcro: what a rip-off.

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So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you?' I said: I can't make Tuesdays.'

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So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'

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As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a comic that you're able to still access that childlike thing.

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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.

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I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor.

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Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.

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I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.

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Black beauty - he's a dark horse.

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I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues.

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So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'

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So this bloke says to me, "Can I come in your house and talk about your carpets?" I thought "That's all I need, a Je-hoover's witness".

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I saw this train driver and said, 'I wanna go to Paris.' He said, 'Eurostar?' I said, 'Well I've been on telly but I'm no Dean Martin.' Mind you, at least the Eurostar's comfy. It's murder on the Orient Express isn't it?

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The other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my dressing room. I didn't know what to make of it.

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I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"

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I'll tell you what makes my blood boil?... Crematoriums.

Tim Vine

My friend told me he was going to a fancy-dress party as an Italian island. I said: 'Don’t be Sicily’.

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I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet 'Best Before End...'

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So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything."

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So I went down my local ice-cream shop, and said 'I want to buy an ice-cream'. He said Hundreds & thousands?' I said 'We'll start with one.' He said 'Knickerbocker glory?' I said 'I do get a certain amount of freedom in these trousers, yes.'

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So I was getting into my car and this bloke says to me, 'Can you give me a lift?' I said, 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it!'

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I'm so lazy I've got a smoke alarm with a snooze button.

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I phoned the local ramblers club today and this bloke just went on and on.

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My mate asked me "What do you think of voluntary work?" I said "I wouldn't do it if you paid me."

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So I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."

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Now did you know if a stick insect laid it's eggs in a jar of Bovril it will give birth to a litter of twiglets.

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I went to the doctor. I said to him "I'm frightened of lapels." He said, "You've got cholera."

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One-armed butlers, they can take it but they can't dish it out

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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

Tim Vine

So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R.

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Believe it or not, there are twice as many eyebrows in the world as there are people.

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So I went down the local supermarket, I said "I want to make a complaint, this vinegar's got lumps in it", he said "Those are pickled onions".

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I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one.

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So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, 'Nearest the bull goes first.' He went 'Baah' and I went 'Moo'. He said 'You're closest.'

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Ive decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.