#th

But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible. ↗

— Jack Dee

#been #bible #brought #church #education

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bible #cling #closer #commentaries #contented

I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers. ↗

— Jack Dee

#custom #hate #i #like #officers

The dead are merely the countrymen of my future. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#death #fear #death

The poets and philosophers I once loved had it wrong. Death does not come to us all, nor does the passage of time dim our memories and reduce our bodies to dust. Because while I was considered dead, and a headstone had been engraved with my name, in truth my life was just beginning. ↗

— Kevin Williamson

#poet #stefan #death

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough. ↗

— Jack Dee

#enough #enthusiasm #excited #fair #get

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out. ↗

— Jack Dee

#flattened #function #i #long #out

If I'm pushed, I'd also have to admit I don't like people with allergies. They just annoy me. There seems to be something far too self-centred about it. 'No thanks, I'm allergic.' Why not just say 'No thanks'? I wasn't asking for your medical history, I was just passing around the nuts. Trying to be friendly, that's all. ↗

— Jack Dee

#admit #allergic #also #annoy #around

It's something that has informed quite a lot of my comedy - that idea of someone who is always trying to get in there with the right crowd, always trying to be a certain type of person and never managing it. ↗

— Jack Dee

#certain #comedy #crowd #get #idea

Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well. ↗

— Jack Dee

#appear #excited #fear #getting #going