Jo Brand quote: "Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit anti-American

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.
JO BRAND

There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts th...
JO BRAND

I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I wa...
JO BRAND

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to ...
JO BRAND

One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. Th...
JO BRAND

When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: 'Here comes the bride, all fat and wide.' Luck...
JO BRAND

The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, t...
JO BRAND

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.
JO BRAND

There are lots of people who believe that caricature of me the tabloids created, so they think they ...
JO BRAND

I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting...
JO BRAND

Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely ...
JO BRAND

Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I fin...
JO BRAND

I have seen good nurses and bad nurses. They existed along a continuum: from hard-working, kind and ...
JO BRAND

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise t...
JO BRAND

Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on ...
JO BRAND

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.
JO BRAND

I must be an anorexic because an anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person.
JO BRAND

I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptabl...
JO BRAND

I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there i...
JO BRAND

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Seco...
JO BRAND

I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the ...
JO BRAND

There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used ...
JO BRAND

Christians have always been fodder for comedians who have tended to portray them as anoraks - slight...
JO BRAND

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise bu...
JO BRAND

I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go reasonably well and the opportunit...
JO BRAND

I've never been a fan of euphemism.
JO BRAND

Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect the...
JO BRAND

I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape of it, that my h...
JO BRAND

Jeremy Clarkson is rather charming, but I can't stomach his public persona. I don't like his...
JO BRAND

Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.
JO BRAND

There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. B...
JO BRAND

Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everythi...
JO BRAND

You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Ma...
JO BRAND

There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy ...
JO BRAND

I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.
JO BRAND

I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.
JO BRAND

Managers of hospitals over the years have been increasingly recruited from outside the health servic...
JO BRAND

I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'...
JO BRAND

I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzh...
JO BRAND

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very diffi...
JO BRAND

We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if ...
JO BRAND

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life...
JO BRAND

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics c...
JO BRAND

And I also felt that no one in an audience could abuse me worse than the sort of abuse I had had at ...
JO BRAND

As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow i...
JO BRAND

My preference is swimming in the sea. I find the sea is more liberating, wild and good fun rather th...
JO BRAND

I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's...
JO BRAND

I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I don'...
JO BRAND

It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.
JO BRAND

You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men.
JO BRAND

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.
JO BRAND

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the wh...
JO BRAND

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.
JO BRAND

I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of...
JO BRAND

Privatisation splits hospital services into increasingly small packages.
JO BRAND

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn'...
JO BRAND

If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?
JO BRAND

How do you know if it's time to wash the dishes and clean your house? Look inside your pants. If you...
JO BRAND

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social ...
JO BRAND

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self...
JO BRAND

They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, ...
JO BRAND

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.
JO BRAND

If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you&#...
JO BRAND

I enjoyed having a reputation as being wild, but these days I try not to worry about what people thi...
RUSSELL BRAND

Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm sc...
STEWART BRAND

When fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.
STEWART BRAND

Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hambur...
RUSSELL BRAND

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road...
STEWART BRAND

When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.
STEWART BRAND

Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother you...
RUSSELL BRAND

When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.
STEWART BRAND

When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it - right away
STEWART BRAND

It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like th...
RUSSELL BRAND

The world is awash with colours unseen and abuzz with unheard frequencies. Undetected and disregarde...
RUSSELL BRAND

The fact that they're moving up the timetable is less indicative that it's going so well and more in...
ALEX BRAND

It's a foregone conclusion there's one carrier too many, ... But even with this, I don't think it's ...
ALEX BRAND

They've stressed on conference call after conference call the desire to be asset light, ... They fee...
ALEX BRAND

It blows my mind that a $25 billion dollar company is going public, ... It is truly incredible. That...
ALEX BRAND

I think FedEx over-engineers solutions in many cases. UPS doesn't see the need to have two separate ...
ALEX BRAND

[Either way,] someone has to get all that stuff to where it's going, ... It's already mind-boggling ...
ALEX BRAND

In terms of volume, they clearly have the time-deferred, small-package market cornered. Going public...
ALEX BRAND

They get the best of both worlds -- they retain the employee owned culture and they inherit a liquid...
ALEX BRAND

I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to t...
RUSSELL BRAND

No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people are...
RUSSELL BRAND

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. Yo...
RUSSELL BRAND

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the ...
RUSSELL BRAND

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.
RUSSELL BRAND

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.
RUSSELL BRAND

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You ar...
RUSSELL BRAND

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval time...
RUSSELL BRAND

As a person... I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.
RUSSELL BRAND

I regret that I didn’t realize that actually they’ve got no power over you at school — it’s ...
RUSSELL BRAND

March sales definitely exceeded all expectations and for the first time ever, total sales including ...
BRAND PRETORIUS

One solution is to search world markets for cheaper entry-level vehicles, with China an obvious poss...
BRAND PRETORIUS

McCarthy Limited has confidence in the future of the South African vehicle industry, and we expect m...
BRAND PRETORIUS

We believe that these facility developments will enable us to further enhance our service offerings ...
BRAND PRETORIUS

This new January record augurs well for the rest of the calendar year.
BRAND PRETORIUS

These results are a great achievement for Call-a-Car, and indicate that the consumer is becoming mor...
BRAND PRETORIUS

Modest vehicle price increases brought about by rand depreciation, the impact of local inflation, an...
BRAND PRETORIUS

Call-a-Car is able to cater to the needs and aspirations of emerging first time buyers who are looki...
BRAND PRETORIUS

There is still a lot of momentum in the market and we see no evidence of demand slowing down in the ...
BRAND PRETORIUS

South Africa is currently in the longest upward business cycle since 1945, having experienced 28 con...
BRAND PRETORIUS

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.
BRAND BLANSHARD

When the man who knows all about the fruit fly chromosomes finds himself sitting next to an authorit...
BRAND BLANSHARD

Once the anchor of reason has been cut, one's craft may go anywhere. One may become a St Francis or ...
BRAND BLANSHARD

Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the ...
BRAND BLANSHARD

In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down th...
STEWART BRAND

I really enjoyed it. I had a good time - every single day was fun and different. It has truly been a...
CAROL BRAND

Our roots are here and I love New England.
CAROL BRAND

They were all extraordinary people and they all really cared about the kids.
CAROL BRAND

Recent evidence suggests that chronic emotions and stress can predispose people to heart disease. Th...
CAROL BRAND

When I came to Harvard I had a specific plan which included overhauling the system here.
PETER BRAND

The government doesn't accept pleas from people without getting information against others. I don't ...
STAN BRAND

I am looking forward to further building the Getty's renowned collection and to further expanding th...
MICHAEL BRAND

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy ...
RUSSELL BRAND

I used to fence and I really didn't care where I fenced. I fenced in basements.
PETER BRAND

For Jefferson and Liberty,
OSCAR BRAND

A personality for the incredibly beautiful can be a pointless cargo...
RUSSELL BRAND

Everyone has their own mantra.
RUSSELL BRAND

I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!
RUSSELL BRAND

I didn't see the game, but I saw the highlights. It's still kind of incomprehensible to me. Eighty-o...
ELTON BRAND

and told him that this is the issue on the table; I don't know which way the vote's going to go.
MYLES BRAND

I missed him, of course, but sometimes close friendships have a tidal beat that pulls you towards di...
RUSSELL BRAND

I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm ...
RUSSELL BRAND

This is absolutely satisfying. It's like vindication because we worked so hard and this organization...
ELTON BRAND

People do this a lot. They don't seem to realise that the future is just like now, but in a little w...
RUSSELL BRAND

I don't see any funding on the horizon for a good number of years here. There's different ways to pi...
JOE BRAND

The light. The light is so bright that all that remains is you and the darkness. You can feel the au...
RUSSELL BRAND

It was like a reunion.
ELTON BRAND

What's important from our point of view is that those who participate in intercollegiate athletics, ...
MYLES BRAND

When they were refurbishing buildings, they had no compunction about taking statues of a predecessor...
PETER BRAND

Life is how we perceive it...thus our philosophy is based on our humane perceptions of life. Sadly t...
JOSHUA BRAND

Life would become easier in a simple realization that everything works out in the end.
JOSHUA BRAND

The fall of relationships draws from assumptions, what is not known, and acceptance of what is not s...
JOSHUA BRAND

A night of solitude gives insight to a human mind surrounded in naivity and self infliction. Gives m...
JOSHUA BRAND

True happiness generates from suffering, as suffering gives away to the unnoticed and simple. Eyes o...
JOSHUA BRAND

Men share the characteristics of the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, as we are born and ...
JOSHUA BRAND

No one can be told to 'move on' when the one they love is gone, but instead to 'carry forward.
JOSHUA BRAND

When we smell blood, we need to just keep going and extend it. We let them stay in the game and scre...
TYLER BRAND

Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.
RUSSELL BRAND

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of ...
STEWART BRAND

Companies' motives to make profit means they neglect inherent social or moral values.
RUSSELL BRAND

Spurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal s...
RUSSELL BRAND

It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and se...
RUSSELL BRAND

The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand ...
RUSSELL BRAND

I have read the articles, ... During the selection process, I talked about a whole range of issues w...
MICHAEL BRAND

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers...
RUSSELL BRAND

If you on't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.
STEWART BRAND

If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.
STEWART BRAND

The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with som...
RUSSELL BRAND

Once she knew my feelings about this issue, given my criminal justice background, then the e-mails s...
LEE BRAND

To say that a person would be allowed to barbecue two different dogs, two different occasions and no...
LEE BRAND

I can tell you stories, horrendous stories especially with sex offenders and the things they have do...
LEE BRAND

The first time that a person commits certain crimes against animals, it will automatically be consid...
LEE BRAND

There's no felony provision in Kansas. I assumed like many other people do that because Missouri and...
LEE BRAND

I can still see that dog. I still have nightmares about that night.
LEE BRAND

Mike Miller brings a lot. He can shoot the ball, rebound well. The intangibles are there for Memphis...
ELTON BRAND

It's been tough over the years, so to be here in this position feels good, but we have a lot more to...
ELTON BRAND

We have a winning record and that is a big thing for us. It feels good, but we still have a lot more...
ELTON BRAND

We tried to take them out early. This was a must-win for us.
ELTON BRAND

Without a doubt, the swagger level goes up, ... Sam Cassell has been talking trash as soon as he cam...
ELTON BRAND

Being at .500 on the road is a big deal for us.
ELTON BRAND

We were last in three-point field goals, and that makes a big difference in wins and losses,
ELTON BRAND

He really knows [Argentina], and he's brought it up two or three times. He brings it up in the conte...
ELTON BRAND

It was our getaway game, so we wanted to get this victory.
ELTON BRAND

To have Corey back ? that's exactly what I'm talking about,
ELTON BRAND

We're 5-1 but we're not happy. We didn't play to the best of our ability.
ELTON BRAND

It helped them that they had a lot of fresh bodies.
ELTON BRAND

We definitely kept him in check.
ELTON BRAND

Whoever we get in the next round, we'll be ready, definitely.
ELTON BRAND

Somebody said he did it in college. They had tape.
ELTON BRAND

It's just a great feeling.
ELTON BRAND

There's a feeling of excitement, and a little bit of the unknown.
ELTON BRAND

It was pretty, and then it got ugly. It was a long time coming, and it was an important win for the ...
ELTON BRAND

It means a lot, from our management all the way down to the ball boys. Even though it's just one gam...
ELTON BRAND

That's something they have to deal with. My focus is on our team right now.
ELTON BRAND

Our goal was to clinch a playoff spot. To be up four points with less than two minutes is disappoint...
ELTON BRAND

It's disappointing, but we'll bounce back. I'm very optimistic. As a team, we didn't shoot well. Per...
ELTON BRAND

There's some players out there who are very deserving, with more wins. And that plays into it. If we...
ELTON BRAND

I expect a hard-fought series from Denver. We got home-court advantage, and that should help. The Nu...
ELTON BRAND

They're a good team. We're expecting a battle. We're going to try to limit them with their fast-brea...
ELTON BRAND

We all need something to help us unwind at the end of the day. You might have a glass of wine, or a ...
RUSSELL BRAND

This could be bigger than anything we've dealt with before.
CHRISTOPHER BRAND

Most men live like raisins in a cake of custom.
BRAND BLANSHARD

Over the road there was a church: a modern gray building, which constantly played a recording of chu...
RUSSELL BRAND

The referees blew the whistle a lot. Anthony got to the line a lot. Our guys on our team got to the ...
ELTON BRAND

I'm sure she's hugely proud. She made a huge contribution to the project. It's a sad situation for M...
MICHAEL BRAND

The patterns (of the virus) in Asia right now would not suggest that it would come over to North Ame...
CHRISTOPHER BRAND

Let me call that athletic looting, to be provocative, ... and we won't stand for that.
MYLES BRAND

I don't like that, either,
MYLES BRAND

[What he said to his audience about poaching on Tuesday was this:] Let me call that athletic looting...
MYLES BRAND

I'm really surprised there's any objection,
MYLES BRAND

North Carolina will have an APR above 925.
MYLES BRAND

The first priority of those schools caught in Katrina's path is the students, staff and families who...
MYLES BRAND

We have resolved all differences. We found a way to go forward. This is a significant agreement.
MYLES BRAND

That rule is due to be considered by the NCAA through its normal governance process over the next th...
MYLES BRAND

It's not about an effort to be politically correct. It is about doing the right thing.
MYLES BRAND

It probably will be spread by one that isn't killed very easily by it.
CHRISTOPHER BRAND

I have sometimes wondered why Jesus so frequently touched the people he healed, many of whom must ha...
PAUL BRAND

There are certain boundaries you do not cross, and I saw her crossing those boundaries.
LEE BRAND

Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit anti-American - so I never did.

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Everyone in comedy thinks if you go to the U.S. you become a global star but, unfortunately, I've always been a bit anti-American - so I never did.

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