Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Xenophon
Jack Kerouac
James Joyce
Billy Wilder
Joan Rivers
William Lloyd Garrison
All authors
Today's birthdays
1818 - Josh Billings
1838 - John Muir
1909 - Rollo May
1959 - Robert Smith
1864 - Max Weber
1912 - Eve Arnold
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Actor
President
Philosopher
Saint
Coach
Businessman
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Bob Mortimer Quotes
Bob Mortimer Quotes
Bob Mortimer
English
Comedian
Born:
May 23
,
1959
Been
Heart
Me
People
Think
You
Having an audience in the studio makes you perform rather than just act.
Bob Mortimer
You
Rather
Having
Studio
Perform
Makes
Audience
Than
Just
Act
I wouldn't wish it on people but there is a positive side to a near-death experience. People used to ask me do you fancy doing this or that - and it was like I had a file of reasons in my head for not doing things. I would riffle through it until I found one. But I've dropped that.
Bob Mortimer
Positive
Me
You
Experience
People
Wish
Side
Would
Through
Had
Head
Dropped
Like
Until
Doing
Fancy
Ask
Used
Reasons
File
Found
Things
I used to like getting cups and putting tiny bits of food and liquids in them. I'd grow mould plumes in the dark wardrobe of my little back bedroom. Not to eat them, mind - just to admire the growing power.
Bob Mortimer
Food
Dark
Mind
Power
Back
Bits
Admire
Eat
Putting
Like
Bedroom
Cups
Mould
Liquid
Getting
Tiny
Just
Wardrobe
Little
Them
Used
Grow
Growing
When I was about 13, I went to see this band called Free, who I'd never heard, and I just fell in love with them. I found my heroes. I stood at the front with my chin on the stage.
Bob Mortimer
Love
Heroes
Free
Band
Stage
See
About
Never
Fell
Heard
Front
Stood
Just
Chin
Them
Who
Found
I remember when I worked at the solicitor's - you'd go in, talk to your mates for a bit and then get down to work. With us the talking to your mates part never stops.
Bob Mortimer
Work
You
Remember
Down
Bit
Solicitor
I Remember
Never
Part
Remember When
Talk
Talking
Go
Mates
Get
Stops
Then
Us
Worked
Your
The best part of our lives is just every day when we are writing.
Bob Mortimer
Best
Day
Every Day
Writing
Every
Our
Our Lives
Best Part
Part
Just
Lives
The wife and the kids provide my exercise, but I have to be careful because I have rheumatoid arthritis all over my body.
Bob Mortimer
Wife
Kids
Be Careful
Over
Because
Exercise
Provide
Arthritis
Body
Careful
I had three bypasses in one go, using arteries harvested from my leg and the right side of my chest.
Bob Mortimer
Three
Side
Right Side
Had
Go
Chest
Leg
Using
Right
After your heart fails, you just feel really vulnerable for a while. You just want telly and your little house. Then, suddenly, three, four months have passed.
Bob Mortimer
You
Heart
Three
Months
Telly
Feel
Fails
House
Vulnerable
Passed
Just
Want
After
While
Little
Then
Really
Your
Suddenly
Four
Comedy, if it didn't save my life, certainly gave me a very different life.
Bob Mortimer
Life
Me
Comedy
My Life
Gave
Very
Different
Different Life
Certainly
Save
It can be very lonely knowing that you have things to say but you daren't say them. Knowing that you could contribute to something but you don't dare quite do it.
Bob Mortimer
You
Lonely
Say
Dare
Something
Could
Knowing
Very
Contribute
Quite
Them
Things
I don't fish but had always wanted to after doing it as a kid.
Bob Mortimer
Kid
Had
Always
Doing
Fish
Wanted
After
I've been brewing my own beer with this ex-army bloke.
Bob Mortimer
Beer
Own
My Own
Been
Bloke
There are a lot of famous people who started out with us and became stars and I wouldn't swap my life with theirs for one second.
Bob Mortimer
Life
People
My Life
Stars
Out
Became
Lot
Famous
Famous People
Swap
Us
Who
Second
Started
There's nothing better than just staring at a buttercup, struggling to make an impact on the world.
Bob Mortimer
World
Better
Nothing
Impact
Struggling
Make
Than
Just
Staring
Load more quotes