The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly b…

- John Cleese

If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.

- John Cleese

If you want to know who your friends are, have a major failure.

- John Cleese

The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.

- John Cleese

Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.

- John Cleese

There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", w…

- John Cleese

Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.

- John Cleese

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

- John Cleese

Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play.

- John Cleese