WIST Quotations

Milligan, Spike -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:27:15 +0000

Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
(Attributed)

Milligan, Spike -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:16:38 +0000

We haven’t got a plan, so nothing can go wrong!

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
(Attributed)

Variants:

"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong!"
"We haven't any plan, so nothing can go wrong!"

Milligan, Spike -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:34:03 +0000

Money can’t buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
(Attributed)

Milligan, Spike -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:57:28 +0000

My father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
(Attributed)

Milligan, Spike -- Puckoon, ch. 6 [Mrs. Doonan] (1963)

Dave — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:45:24 +0000

Money couldn’t buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
Puckoon, ch. 6 [Mrs. Doonan] (1963)

The phrase, usually in the present tense, became a popular one of his, as in Norma Farnes, Memories of Milligan, "Spike on Spike" (2011): "Money can't buy you friends, but it does get you a better class of enemy," or the variant "Money can't buy you friends, but you get a better class of enemy."

Milligan, Spike -- The Bible According to Spike Milligan, “The Creation According to the Trade Unions” (1994)

Dave — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:17:54 +0000

And God said, Let there be light, and there was light; but Eastern Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
The Bible According to Spike Milligan, “The Creation According to the Trade Unions” (1994)

Quoted in Spike Milligan's Meaning of Life: A Sort of Autobiography, ch. 1 (2011) [ed. Norma Farnes]

Milligan, Spike -- The Goon Show, 9×12 “The Call of the West” (20 Jan 1959)

Dave — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:19:49 +0000

Are you going to come along quietly, or am I going to have to use ear plugs?

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
The Goon Show, 9×12 “The Call of the West” (20 Jan 1959)

Variant: "Are you going to come along quietly, or do you want musical accompaniment?"

Milligan, Spike -- The Last Goon Show of All (1972)

Dave — Mon, 18 May 2015 12:45:17 +0000

Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions.

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (1918–2002) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, actor
The Last Goon Show of All (1972)