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Robin Ince Quotes:

Robin Ince quotes

Ocupation: Comedian

Life: b. February 20, 1969

Birthday: February 20

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My wife could turn to me and she may say, 'Why do you love me?' And I can with all honesty look her in the eye and say, 'Because our pheromones matched our olfactory receptors.'

Topics: Valentines Day, Honesty, Eye, Pheromones, Do You Love Me

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Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.

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Topics: Believe, Use, Want

Homeopaths do not have a physical brain, but merely 'skull water' with the memory of brains.

Topics: Memories, Skulls, Water

The worst, the most difficult thing I think is that the more you become intrigued by science and the information is out there, the more you are aware of the paucity of your own knowledge.

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Topics: Thinking, Information, Worst

We as human beings like to be cocksure and certain.

Topics: Certain, Humans

You always need to find the balance in the science, but the balance to talking about evolutionary theory is not to talk about creationism, that's not a balance, that's misleading and it's just wrong.

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Topics: Talking, Balance, Needs

I have a very vibrant imposter syndrome that goes on throughout most of my life, but nothing more than when someone has to put a hat on me or some kind of sash and go, 'We're giving you this certificate.'

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Topics: Giving, Goes On, Hats, Imposter

As much as of course that Englishness of always to be embarrassed about any sense of complement, it is nice to know that a lot of the projects that I've worked on that people do feel there has been some effect.

source: - Source: www.abc.net.au

Topics: Nice, People, Projects

To be paid, to be employed to be an enthusiast and be excited about existence is fantastic.

source: - Source: www.abc.net.au

Topics: Excited, Fantastic, Existence

I don't have any hobbies because my working job is my hobby. What I do is I spend my whole time looking through telescopes and having brain scans and buying books about various different ideas and I just sit around, that's my life.

source: - Source: www.abc.net.au

Topics: Jobs, Book, Ideas, Buying Books

My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time.

source: - Source: www.abc.net.au

Topics: Revision, Firsts, Life Is

I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.

Topics: Ideas, Interesting, People

Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.

Topics: People, Age, Towns

There can be a science to joke writing, there are certainly rules and patterns that can be followed, but I think most of the best comedy goes beyond the rules.

Topics: Writing, Thinking, Patterns, Best Comedy

Once you start looking at the world rationally, it becomes much more exciting.

Topics: World, Exciting

I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.

Topics: Vain, Theory, Physicist, Biologist

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

Topics: People, Too Much, Excitement

One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball.

Topics: Ideas, Knowing, Trying, Coping Mechanisms

Wherever you are on Earth, there is more life present than in the rest of the known universe.

Topics: Earth, Universe, Wherever You Are

I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice

Topics: Hate, Comedian, Racist

Not since Jimmy Carr have I seen a cold computer programme on stage generate so much laughter.

Topics: Laughter, Computer, Cold, Programmes

If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get.

source: - "O come all ye non-faithful, and rejoice in science" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. December 06, 2009.

Topics: Matter, Royal, Lectures

If you really want space on public transport you should carry some ***** from the 1970s and a pair of children's safety scissors, then delicately cut out all the eyes of the glamour models whilst whistling. Every now and again mutter, 'Why are women more beautiful when they are eyeless?' You will be able to stretch out, though this can have ramifications such as ending up on a police list or being run out of town.

Topics: Beautiful, Running, Children, Scissors, Ramifications

I am not man or beast; I am bibliosexual, and a seedy bibliosexual who haunts the streets, laden with carrier bags held by blistered fingers, stooping under the weight of the rucksack that has brought on sciatica and a Dickensian demeanour.

source: - Robin Ince (2010). “Robin Ince's Bad Book Club: One man's quest to uncover the books that taste forgot”, p.6, Hachette UK

Topics: Men, Weight, Bags, Carrier, Sciatica

They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.

Topics: Technology, Typewriters, Monkeys

I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life, the universe can't turn to me and go, 'What have you been doing, you idiot? That's not the point!

Topics: Inspirational, Motivational, Atheist

I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries - I like the hush.

Topics: Library, Hush, Percentages

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