Graham Chapman Quotes (19 Quotes)

All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.

We don't deliberately set out to offend. Unless we feel it's justified.

We received a letter from a lady who was incensed about my moral depravity, as though I was destroying the underpinnings of society.

Yes, clothes dryers are monsters, and more of them should be painted... we did paint the clothes dryer on the set.

Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable.

I do not really look back with regret on any feelings or problems I have had in the past. I think I am more able to accept problems as being part of the rough and tumble of life. There are bound to be ups and downs. In retrospect, when you've gotten pasty

We had many concerns while planning Monty Python's Flying Circus... we wanted to avoid being bracketed as being another offshoot.

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.

I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.

Stormy in love, stormy in interviews, breakfast in bed - that's me, love.

I hope I will have achieved something lasting.

If this one takes off, it could make me rich beyond my wildest dreams. And believe me, my dreams are pretty wild

World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us.

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show.

It's nice to see that look of alarm on the faces of the others.

We'd obviously realized at this stage that if we wrote something in a show that got repeated, then we would get another fee for it without having to do any extra work. Now that looked like a good idea, and as the BBC didn't pay us very much in the first place- the ingrates-it was almost essential to have the thing repeated.

Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.

Other people build sketches after taking too many sleeping pills, but I never preferred that method, since I would keep dropping my pencil.