Spike Milligan

"Art should make you feel something, even if that something is uncomfortable."

"I try to live my life with honesty and directness, regardless of the consequences."

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts."

"Dreams are what keep us sane when reality becomes too much."

"Peace is not the absence of war; it's the presence of understanding."

"I believe in the power of laughter to heal what medicines cannot."

"Society is what we make of it—and we're not making a very good job of it."

"The only time my prayers are answered is when I'm praying for something impossible."

"I've never understood why people take life so seriously—it's probably fatal anyway."

"Knowledge is like a vast ocean, and we're all just swimming in it blindly."

"Time flies, but it usually leaves a forwarding address."

"The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves."

"I'm an optimist—life's too long to be anything else."

"The human race is a wonderful thing—if it weren't for the humans in it."

"Patience is a virtue I've never had the patience to develop."

"Beauty fades, but stupidity is forever."

"I believe in freedom of speech—I just don't believe in freedom of consequence."

"The greatest adventure is found in a good book."

"Nature doesn't care about our plans—it just does what it does."

"I'd like to think I've made the world a better place, but honestly, I've just tried to make people laugh."

"Fear is just imagination working overtime."

"The secret to success is doing what you love and hoping it pays the bills."

"I've never been good at keeping secrets—I'm too busy telling everyone else's."

"Hope is the thing that keeps us going when logic says we should stop."

"Courage is being terrified and doing it anyway."

"I'm a work in progress—and always will be."

"Friendship is the only thing that makes life bearable."

"I've learned more from my failures than from any success."

"The only constant in life is change—and my reluctance to accept it."

"Music is the language of the soul."