Ricky Gervais is a genius.


Oscar Nunez

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I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.
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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...
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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...
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then he said, "Let there be light." Whi...
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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...
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You do your own thing and you see if you survive.
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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...
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The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.
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Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.
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It’s a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It’s the opposite. We have nothing t...
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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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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
OSCAR PETERSON
I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. I...
OSCAR PETERSON
I play as I feel.
OSCAR PETERSON
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jaz...
OSCAR PETERSON
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
OSCAR PETERSON
You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at a...
OSCAR PETERSON
Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine ...
OSCAR PETERSON
I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musi...
OSCAR PETERSON
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you ...
OSCAR PETERSON
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and...
OSCAR NIEMEYER
I enter my studio at 9 a.m. I have lunch here, I return right away to my work and I go out to dinner...
OSCAR NIEMEYER
Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I alwa...
OSCAR NIEMEYER
I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
Form follows beauty.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete yo...
OSCAR NIEMEYER
Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more impor...
OSCAR NIEMEYER
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even bet...
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...
OSCAR NIEMEYER