Laurence Sterne Quotes

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.

Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing.

I've always found diversity more interesting than specialisation. I like mixing it up across years, within days, within weeks - that's what stimulates me, gives me energy.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

One has to do something new in order to see something new.

I do like a variety of things so I'm always interested in finding something that I haven't done before, if possible, to whatever degree that sometimes changes, and how much is something now that I wouldn't have a year ago but sort of based on what I've done recently as well.

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

I come alive when there is a chance to learn or do something different.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so change of studies a dull brain.

The only responsibility I feel is to deliver something that's new or at least to attempt that. The real responsibility is to entertain and to try and make people laugh.

Every day is different and every day brings something more exciting.

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

Being the new guy's always great because you get to go in fresh with your own choices and you get to bring new life and breath and a new energy into something that's already established.

Variety is the spice of life. We all want surprises.

I'm not a fan of routine.

I try to have things change before I get bored, and I figure other people might enjoy that too; I try not to let anything repeat for long enough that you can get used to it.

There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.

Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.

The world is a very serious and, at times, very sad place - but at other times it is all such a joke.

Display startling novelty-rise afresh like the sun every day. Change too the scene on which you shine, so that you rloss may be felt in the old scenes of your triumph, while the novelty of your powers wins applause in the new.