34 Terry Wogan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Terry Wogan

Irish Entertainer

Born: Aug 3, 1938

Died: Jan 31, 2016

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Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana. Terry Wogan

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I say to my children, the reason that marriage - and having children - is so important is that it stops you thinking about yourself. The way to happiness is to give yourself to others and to think of others before you think of yourself. Terry Wogan

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Just as the England football manager starts with bells and flags and balloons and ends up reviled, so do prime ministers. Tony Blair - is there anyone more despised now? Gordon Brown - all right, nobody voted for him but, you know... just think of any of them. Margaret Thatcher. John Major. Steve McLaren. Fabio Capello. Terry Wogan

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I'd have liked to have been a bit more intellectual. I'd have liked to have had more brains. Terry Wogan

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My life has been a happy accident. Anybody who succeeds in anything should count their lucky stars, because that's the biggest element. It's not hard work; it's not necessarily talent. Terry Wogan

I'm not very good with cars. They rebel against me. Terry Wogan

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What used to be called 'good manners' is now regarded as mere affectation. Open a door for a young woman, and she's likely to call security. Terry Wogan

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We'll watch 'Britain's Got Talent,' 'X Factor,' 'Come Dine with Me' and 'Masterchef.' But we don't watch 'Big Brother,' which is rubbish. I certainly won't be tuning into the new series of 'Celebrity Big Brother' either. I think it's awful, exploitative and vulgar. Terry Wogan

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I think if they wanted to get me to leave 'Children in Need,' they'd have to drag me off screaming. It's one thing that's so close to my heart, and I feel passionately about it. I gave up my radio show, with regret, but knowing I'd done it for a long time, the same with Eurovision. But 'Children in Need' is different. Terry Wogan

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I'm so proud to do it - there's nothing else I do that compares to 'Children in Need.' Terry Wogan

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I don't think there's a public in the world who respond like the British to a call for charity. Terry Wogan

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They're still advertising the added health-giving advantages of vitamins in your daily diet, although it has long since been shown that you'd be better off eating Smarties. Terry Wogan

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The BBC knew I was successful from early on, but they weren't sure why, and they still aren't sure. What I do has been unconventional from the beginning, so they've never been sure. It just works. It just does. Terry Wogan

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All reality TV shows are a triumph of voyeurism. They choose contestants who are ill-suited and slightly freakish. Terry Wogan

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You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing live interviews on television, you learn not to say the first thing that comes into your head. Terry Wogan

I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a sin as long as you don't take pleasure from it. Terry Wogan

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I've never wanted to drive a car fast for the sake of it. I mean, I like nice cars. I've got the Bentley, I've had a Lotus, I've had a Rolls-Royce and a few Jaguars, including an E-type. But I'm not somebody for driving tremendously fast. Terry Wogan

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I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion. Terry Wogan

Big Say Indigestion Because Pastry They Say Bring

Sadly, I can't avoid being 75. Like many people of my age, we are all heading towards the grim reaper, and I am clinging on. I just to have to sharpen my fingernails a little so that I can hang on for longer! Terry Wogan

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A television chat show is light entertainment, so it is trivial by its very nature. It is hardly the place to get people to reveal their innermost thoughts. Then it becomes sensationalism, and you lower yourself to the level of the popular newspapers. Terry Wogan

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