Michael Flanders quotes
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“One of the great problems of the world today is undoubtedly this problem of not being able to talk to scientists, because we don't understand science; they can't talk to us because they don't understand anything else, poor dears.”
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“The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!”
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“If God had intended us to fly he would have given us railways.”
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“A Bradypus or Sloth am I, / I live a life of ease, / Contented not to do or die / But idle as I please.”
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“January brings the snow / Makes your feet and fingers glow / February's ice and sleet / Freeze the toes right off your feet / Welcome March with wintry wind / Would thou wer't not so unkind / April brings the sweet spring showers / On and on for hours and hours...”
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“Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.”
-- Michael FlandersSource : "Song: "The Reluctant Cannibal"". 1991.
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“In July the Sun is hot. Is it shining? No, it's not!”
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“If God had intended us to fly, he'd have never given us railways.”
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“Eating people is wrong...”
-- Michael FlandersSource : "Song: The Reluctant Cannibal (At the Drop of a Hat)". 1956.
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“The English, the English, The English are best: So Up with the English and Down with the Rest!”
-- Michael Flanders
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