John Oliver Quotes

Having a human conversation is not something I've had any training in either as a comedian or as, you know, a human being.

John Oliver

Training

Quotes to Explore

Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.

Barry Schwartz
- Wisdom
- Moral
- Practical
Surely no one can be sure he has visited Cienega; people say to themselves, do they not: 'Was it a vision; or have I, some time or other, seen dusk in a valley like this?'

Haniel Long
- People
- Time
- Vision
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.

Quincy Jones
- Mother
- Father
- Old
I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.

Natalie Dormer
- Success
- Present
- Car
We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs.

Nadia Comaneci
- Kind
- Hair
- Pink
I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.

Laura Mennell
- Science
- Ideas
- Playing