Quotes by Terry Jones

About Terry Jones:

Terence Graham Parry "Terry" Jones is a British comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, historian and author. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team.
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Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it.

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Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language.

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I'd always thought that if Python was going to go on at all, it'd be nice to get into storylines.

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Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

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We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever.

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We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.

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I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

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You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.

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I like my stories once removed.

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I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.

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I spent my earliest years in Colwyn Bay in north Wales with my mother and grandmother, while my father was stationed with the RAF in India.

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It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.

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What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surren...

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I've never been good at improvising.

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I'm a good cook; one of my specialities is reindeer and potato pie.

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The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.

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I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!

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Medieval learning was really advanced.

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We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans. We would right now ask no one to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it.

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I don't think you need religion.

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Author Bio

  • NameTerry Jones
  • DescriptionWelsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director and author
  • BornFebruary 1, 1942
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Comedian; Film Director; Author; Screenwriter; Composer