Duncan Jones Quotes

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

I make fun wherever I go... If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It's part of the journey.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

I love talking to people and entertaining people.

I don't like to drink alone 'cause there's nobody to fight with.

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.

Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories -- and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.

I like talking to anyone that will listen.

I have very non-eccentric hobbies. I like to read, to have dinner with friends, and junk out on TV like everybody else.

But I was always comedic and would tell stories and use a lot of expressions.

I love to go to the bar close by for a good espresso and have a chat with the bartender.

When I'm bored, I hate being alone so there's always a friend at my place.

I definitely enjoy my time by myself - and that's kind of the weird thing about touring; you're kind of constantly surrounded by people - but I actually do enjoy going out and doing things and being around people.

Usually, if you stop for tea, someone will feel the desire to join you.

For me, a very chilled out day would be me on my couch or cooking, sitting with one or two friends watching TV or films over a glass of wine.

To watch people dancing is the most entertaining thing on the planet and, as they take in more alcohol, the better it gets!

Whenever I come to Ireland, I end up just bantering with the crowd so the show will just be what it is.

I love coffee, but I don't photograph it. That's not who I am. I'm a social creature, so my subject should not be the coffee. It's about being together with friends.

Table talk is a part of the game, and frankly, it's the part of the game that I enjoy most.

Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

It's much better when I go out with my mates and we stop talking about me like I'm some sort of egomaniac. It's great when we can just have a drink.

I love hearing stories, telling stories, sharing stories. I've shared 37,000 on the Oprah show! Every day I was like the town crier.

I love those people who do story-telling and who ramble on, but I don't do that, I tell jokes - the sort of jokes that anyone really could tell in the pub.

For the most part my friends can always be more entertaining than the tube ever can be.

Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.