Money and fame are trashy and don't guarantee happiness, but we all refuse really to know it.
Stephen FryI do think it's important not to be absolutely sure, so sure that you can't reinvent yourself in some way, or at least rediscover the truth of why you think what you think, and not just take it as an assumption.
Stephen FryHold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.
Stephen FryA real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation.
Stephen FryFirst love is unrequited ultimately because itโs so huge.Itโs such an act of giving and it requires so much back that it can never be given back. Itโs like an atom bomb. Itโs likeโฆ Itโs all the energy of who you are and who you want to be and what you love and what you hope to be explodes. It is impossible for a single... human being to offer that back to you in a mutual way.
Stephen Fry