Mr S was saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams — a man who contributed to the gaiety of nations. People wax lyrical about Williams’s ability to inhabit character; but Mr S is more impressed by his turn of phrase. Here are some Mr S’s favourite one liners:
- ‘Cricket is basically baseball on valium.’
- ‘Ah, yes, divorce – from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.’
- ‘One question for the Royal Family: all that money and no dental hygiene?’
- ‘No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.’
- ‘What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.’
- ‘People say satire is dead. It’s not dead; it’s alive and living in the White House.’
- ‘Cocaine is God’s way of saying you’re making too much money’
- ‘In America they really do mythologise people when they die.’
- ‘I like my wine like my women – ready to pass out.’
- ‘The only reason Mickey Mouse has four fingers is because he can’t pick up a cheque.’
- ‘Do you think God gets stoned? I think so… Look at the platypus.

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