Michael Flanders famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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One of the great problems of the world today is undoubtedly this problem of not being able to talk to scientists, because we don't understand science; they can't talk to us because they don't understand anything else, poor dears.
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The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!
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If God had intended us to fly he would have given us railways.
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A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I please.
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January brings the snow / Makes your feet and fingers glow / February's ice and sleet / Freeze the toes right off your feet / Welcome March with wintry wind / Would thou wer't not so unkind / April brings the sweet spring showers / On and on for hours and hours...
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Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.
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In July the Sun is hot. Is it shining? No, it's not!
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If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.
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The English, the English, The English are best: So Up with the English and Down with the Rest!
-- Michael Flanders
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