Clive James Quotes

Australian - Writer Born: October 7, 1939

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Clive James

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

Clive James

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

Clive James

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

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Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

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Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

Clive James

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

Clive James

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Clive James