Karl Pilkington Quotes

I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'

It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.

I think as a young person, you're kind of game for whatever sometimes.

Throw caution to the wind and just do it.

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.

As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental.

The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.

What do you do, go around trying everything once?' he asked. 'Sometimes twice.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.

Maybe it's stupidity, but you just gotta jump into things. That's how I've gone through life.

I try not to be too judgmental.

Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.

Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’.

I don't know what the future may hold for me-or for any of us. But I want you to know that I am a man who likes having critics who are not enemies.

Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

If your feet are firmly planted on the grount you'll never be able to dance.

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

If you over-plan, you close the door on possibilities.

I think every job that you do gives you the opportunity to learn something new. As hokey as that sounds, that's why I have a problem saying no to my friends. That's why I do so many random comedy shows.

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.

The nice sense of measure is certainly not one of Nature's gifts to her English children ... we have all of us yielded to infatuation at some moment of our lives.