01UndatedWe seem to live in a world where you have to walk around grinning like a loon. I can’t understand all the fuss about Mona Lisa painting, everyone wondering why she’s not smiling, if she’s depressed or heartbroken. No, she was just normal!Emotions are always extreme these days: you either have to be crying with laughter or crying in pain. No wonder water levels are rising. It’s not global warming, it’s all the tears from crying.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
02UndatedSometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
03UndatedAt the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, 'cause it was never gonna happen. We can't all be brainy, can we? That's just the way the world is.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
05UndatedThe poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
06UndatedI am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
07UndatedI'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
08UndatedTo me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
09UndatedI had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
11UndatedTo be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
12UndatedI'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
14UndatedI'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
16UndatedYesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
17UndatedPeople eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
18UndatedAnd we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.Karl Pilkington / quote ↗
