#seriously

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. ↗

— George Santayana

#each #enabling #fortifying #help #human

If you travel to the States... they have a lot of different words than like what we use. For instance: they say 'elevator', we say 'lift'; they say 'drapes', we say 'curtains'; they say 'president', we say 'seriously deranged git.' ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

Most of my friends are women - I quite fancied being a woman in a way. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

Most of the Communists I knew were nice people. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's sick of you. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

People aren't universally heroic. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git