Graham Chapman Quotes

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We come from nothing, we are going back to nothing-In the end what have we lost? Nothing!

Graham Chapman

Lost, Ends

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Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb you know, most of it's up until you reach the very very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply.

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Kilimanjaro, Tricky, Climbs

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You know, there are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane. Some of them became sane later in their lives.

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Country, People, Today

"Monty Python's Flying Circus". TV Series, 1969 - 1974.

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I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am.

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Inspirational, Country, Fun

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We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!

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Change, Knights, Holy Grail

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Always look on the bright side of life.

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Positive Attitude, Positivity, Good As It Gets

Graham Chapman (2001). “Monty Python's the life of Brian (of Nazareth)”, Methuen Pub Ltd

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My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white.

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Philosophy, Black And White, Color

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Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

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Lying, Government, Holy Grail

"Fictional character: Dennis". "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1975.

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We found that we didn't have much problem with him [J.C.], it was his followers we found questionable.

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Followers, Problem, Found

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You see, I don't belive that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, that has been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.

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Animal, People, Silence

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It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others.

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Nice, Alarms, Looks

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This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

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Death, Rest In Peace, Would Be

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones (2009). “Monty Python Live!”, Hyperion

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Exploding is a perfectly normal medical phenomenon.

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Perfectly Normal, Medical, Phenomenon

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I mean, if I went 'round saying I was an emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

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Mean, Holy Grail, Peasants

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We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified.

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Justified, Feels

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Oh Lord please don't burn us don't kill or toast your flock. Don't put us on the barbecue or simmer us in stock. Don't bake or baste or boil us or stir-fry us in a wok.

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Prayer, Meaning Of Life, Lord

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At that time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer, and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before.

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Father, Night, Hammers

Graham Chapman (2001). “Monty Python's the life of Brian (of Nazareth)”, Methuen Pub Ltd

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Nudge, nudge. Snap, snap. Grin, grin. Wink, wink, say no more? Could be, could be taken on holiday. Could be yes - swimming costumes. Know what I mean. Candid photography. Know what I mean, nudge nudge.

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Mean, Nudge Nudge, Winking

"Fictional character: Mr. Norman Nudge". TV Series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" ("How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away", 1969), www.imdb.com. 1969-1974.

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Oh, you're in television! That's interesting. No, I mean, the word television is interesting. It's a hybrid, you see: tele- comes from the greek, and -vision comes from the latin. It should have been either "telerama", or "procolvision".

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Latin, Mean, Should Have

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A murderer is only an extroverted suicide.

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Suicide, Murderer

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McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time...

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Sorry, Worry, Once Upon A Time

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Stormy in love, stormy in interviews, breakfast in bed - that's me, love.

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Bed, Breakfast, Interviews

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I'm afraid I'm not personally qualified to confuse cats, but I can recommend an extremely good service.

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Cat, Qualified

"Fictional character: Vet". "Monty Python's Flying Circus", TV Series (1969–1974), "Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century", www.imdb.com. 1969.

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I fart in your general direction.

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Comedy, Fart

"Fictional character: Frenchman". "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", 1975.

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An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition... A contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says." No, it's not.

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Argument, Contradiction, Connected

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Born: January 8, 1941
Died: October 4, 1989
Occupation: Comedian
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