Ocupation: Comedian
Life: b. August 24, 1957
Birthday: August 24
To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.
source: Stephen Fry's BAFTA annual television lecture, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2010.
topic: Mean, Opposites, Adults, Conflicting Emotions, Conflicting Ideas