John Cleese

"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that is why he is a fool."

"You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps."

"The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42."

"If I were a lemon, I would be a sour one."

"The key to a good life is to have loads of experiences and to think about them."

"Creativity is not the ability to come up with new ideas; it's the ability to make connections."

"One of the problems with education is that we often teach people what to think rather than how to think."

"You can't argue with someone who denies the basic facts."

"The whole of the British educational system is founded on the belief that competition is good."

"Laughter is the best medicine for the soul."

"What's the point of being an adult if you can't be childish sometimes?"

"The human mind is a wonderful thing because it's always so full of things it never actually knows."

"Sticking feathers up one's backside does not make one a chicken."

"I can't help being a perfectionist. It's one of my failings."

"People who laugh together tend to think together and dream together."

"It is impossible to be angry when you have a silly thought in your head."

"The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures."

"Creative people who can't help but try to wake people up are typically very smart, but they also tend to be quite lonely."

"You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proven to work? Medicine."

"The truth is, many things happen between the idea and the implementation."

"If you teach people how to think critically, they'll stop believing silly things."

"Money is not the root of all evil; the lack of imagination is."

"A foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. A wise man grows it under his feet."

"To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion."

"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"Creativity is the ability to make new connections between disparate ideas."

"When you realize you've made a mistake, take action immediately to correct it."

"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe."

"An Englishman's home is his castle, which is why the plumbing is medieval."