Ben Elton Quotes

born 1959 England

Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. Born in Catford, London, he is the son of the physicist and educational researcher Lewis Elton and a nephew of the historian Sir G R Elton.

England
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Novelists

Also known as: Elton, Ben, Stark, The Other Eden, This Other Eden, This Other Eden (novel)

Random Ben Elton quote

5 quotes

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

Stark (1989)

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

Stark (1989)

Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless.

This Other Eden (1993)

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

Stark (1989)

Leave a message, don't leave a message. live, die, it's all the same dream.

This Other Eden (1993)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ben Elton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.