Ricky Gervais is a genius.
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I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.
DANNY DEVITO Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British...
DAVID WALLIAMS With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor.
EMILY BLUNT I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There...
T. J. MILLER My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at...
HANK AZARIA I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, ...
DICK VAN DYKE In entertainment, I adore Ricky Gervais in 'Derek.' His performance is unbelievably charming...
JOSH ZUCKERMAN I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
RICKY GERVAIS There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famo...
RICKY GERVAIS She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton.'
RICKY GERVAIS I suppose I grew up wishing I was an American Jew for the comedy and the one-liners. ... actress who...
RICKY GERVAIS Karl had expressed his horror in the past at the thought of a rectal examination, and I thought this...
RICKY GERVAIS I'm from a little place called England ... We used to run the world before you.
RICKY GERVAIS It's the one thing I actively don't like: just being recognized.
RICKY GERVAIS Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away.
RICKY GERVAIS People see me in the suit and they know I'm not fooling anyone, they know I'm rock and roll through ...
RICKY GERVAIS No one grows up saying 'I hope I work in an office one day?' And that fascinated me. People from 16 ...
RICKY GERVAIS Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told s...
RICKY GERVAIS I'm a flawed character. I'm good at that. ... I'm your man. If you want John Wayne, forget it.
RICKY GERVAIS If you had to do just one thing (as a boss) and nothing else -- it is just be fair. I think if you a...
RICKY GERVAIS Brent was essentially an idiot who wasn't that bad but just wanted to be popular, ... whereas Andy h...
RICKY GERVAIS So what if people think 'The Office' is better than 'Extras'? I had to do them in some order.
RICKY GERVAIS They'd both tell you exactly what they wanted. 'Ashley, do this. Move the cup there. Turn round, tak...
RICKY GERVAIS The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
RICKY GERVAIS We were slapping each other's backs so hard we were red raw.
RICKY GERVAIS the sharpest beak on the block.
RICKY GERVAIS But it's the press perception of him we played with, ... Les isn't a sad, lonely man. Through no fau...
RICKY GERVAIS I don't want to use up my cachet, the number of times my fat face is on telly.
RICKY GERVAIS Where did you get that? ... Is it on sale already?
RICKY GERVAIS When a crab's pissed it walks forward.
RICKY GERVAIS That's exactly what it did on BBC2. The people that get onto focus groups are force-fed big, broad c...
RICKY GERVAIS It's an honor to be on the same network that gave us 'The Sopranos,' ... They made me an offer I cou...
RICKY GERVAIS Because it was couched in realism, I think people recognized things. The more you understand somethi...
RICKY GERVAIS As long as they keep the important themes -- a job, work, a boss going through a mid-life crisis, tr...
RICKY GERVAIS We had a hit list of people we approached, ... We told them some of the ideas we had. Because we spe...
RICKY GERVAIS Why by a book when you can join a library.
RICKY GERVAIS Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told s...
RICKY GERVAIS Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away.
RICKY GERVAIS The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
RICKY GERVAIS The A-list celebrities were always going to be the icing on the cake. It's always been more of an en...
RICKY GERVAIS He'll be alright.
RICKY GERVAIS You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.
RICKY GERVAIS It's a similar thing with David Brent. David Brent is not that good at his job because he couldn't s...
RICKY GERVAIS In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then he said, "Let there be light." Whi...
RICKY GERVAIS A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're...
RICKY GERVAIS You can get away with bad material if you've got charisma.
RICKY GERVAIS … Science is constantly proved all the time. You see, if we take something like any fiction, any h...
RICKY GERVAIS You do your own thing and you see if you survive.
RICKY GERVAIS Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it's a right fucking pain in the a...
RICKY GERVAIS If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's t...
RICKY GERVAIS The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.
RICKY GERVAIS Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.
RICKY GERVAIS It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing t...
RICKY GERVAIS For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Midd...
KAREN ARMSTRONG I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny bu...
RACHEL SKLAR I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's ...
STEPHAN PASTIS I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the s...
OSCAR NUNEZ Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.
OSCAR NUNEZ Yeah, I just don't break. I don't. And there's only one person I know who's a better...
OSCAR NUNEZ Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.
OSCAR NUNEZ I've always just been attracted to comedy.
OSCAR NUNEZ I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.
OSCAR NUNEZ I've always loved improv. It's my thing.
OSCAR NUNEZ I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need so...
OSCAR NUNEZ I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too mu...
OSCAR NUNEZ I like game shows.
OSCAR NUNEZ I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many pe...
OSCAR NUNEZ I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or...
OSCAR NUNEZ Life in California is beautiful.
OSCAR NUNEZ Not only has he made the team, except for Albert and Carpenter, I think Nunez is our team MVP.
RAY KING Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ri...
FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. People like Bill Murray are incredible at what they do and are definitely my flavour. Although Will ...
JASON BATEMAN Bad luck there, Ricky.
MICHAEL ATHERTON My mom has a poster of (Ricky Martin).
ARIYA TAFOLLA Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
MALUMA A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Oscar meet Victor. Victor this is Oscar. And may the best man win." - Dead Editor File
G.G. COLLINS Life is a re-discovery.
BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga...
GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception.
DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire!
DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y...
GARY F EVANS... It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER Hands down, Rick Ross is a genius. Hands down, Diddy is a genius. Hands down, Kanye is a genius. All...
BETTY WRIGHT Everything that Nunez does between now and November should be put into the perspective of turning ou...
KAREN HANRETTY One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.
MALUMA How do you know about the world is real?...
How?...
How you don't think that you are locke...
DEYTH BANGER For me, my life is a journey.
JAY ELECTRONICA I think Ricky is a tremendous quarterback, probably one of the best quarterbacks I have ever been ar...
JASON MAAS We know who killed Jane. It was Ricky.
COLIN ANDERSON This world is a peaceful stage where we are all villains of this drama and trees are the heroes.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Love isn't the work of the tender and the gentle;
Love is the work of wrestlers.
The one w...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception...
SAM HARRIS Life is a risk.
CARMELO ANTHONY Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.
HENRY WARD BEECHER Oscar Wilde: "I wish I had said that." Whistler: "You will, Oscar; you will.
JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER Aw, man, they gave 'em the Oscar on stage. Next they're gonna give the Oscars in the parking lot. It...
CHRIS ROCK Diego Maradona - a flawed genius who has now become a genius who is flawed.
BOB WILSON Oscar is our Liszt and Bill Evans is our Chopin,
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OSCAR LEVANT There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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OSCAR WILDE The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
OSCAR WILDE We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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OSCAR WILDE Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
OSCAR WILDE The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
OSCAR WILDE A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
OSCAR WILDE True friends stab you in the front.
OSCAR WILDE Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
OSCAR WILDE It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
OSCAR WILDE Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
OSCAR WILDE It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
OSCAR WILDE The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
OSCAR WILDE Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
OSCAR WILDE Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
OSCAR WILDE A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
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OSCAR TAVERAS Play for Canada? Why not? I have a Canadian passport.
OSCAR TAVERAS I work very hard at my game.
OSCAR TAVERAS My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.
OSCAR TAVERAS I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter.
OSCAR TAVERAS I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
OSCAR TAVERAS I will try to give my 100% in the field and do my job.
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OSCAR ROBERTSON But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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OSCAR ROBERTSON I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
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OSCAR PISTORIUS I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm ...
OSCAR PISTORIUS I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my h...
OSCAR PISTORIUS I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at...
OSCAR PISTORIUS These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up...
OSCAR PISTORIUS Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fa...
OSCAR PISTORIUS The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.
OSCAR PISTORIUS I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position...
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OSCAR PISTORIUS I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' Bu...
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OSCAR PISTORIUS I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.
OSCAR PISTORIUS My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play w...
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OSCAR PISTORIUS I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you c...
OSCAR PISTORIUS I have no one style.
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OSCAR PETERSON I am the worlds laziest writer.
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OSCAR PETERSON If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
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OSCAR NIEMEYER The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.
OSCAR NIEMEYER I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
OSCAR NIEMEYER For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an a...
OSCAR NIEMEYER Surprise is key in all art.
OSCAR NIEMEYER Architecture is invention.
OSCAR NIEMEYER Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is car...
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