Terry Jones Quotes & Sayings

Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it. — Terry Jones

We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever. — Terry Jones

I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing. — Terry Jones

I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing. — Terry Jones

It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others. — Terry Jones

Pinterest may have more travel intent data than any other site, so many people are pinning where they want to be. — Terry Jones

Why do I feel so exercised about what we think of the people of the Middle Ages? ... I guess it's because so many of their voices are ringing vibrantly in my ears - Chaucer's, Boccaccio's, Henry Knighton's, Thomas Walsingham's, Froissart's, Jean Creton's ... writers and contemporary historians of the period who seem to me just as individual, just as alive as we are today. We need to get to know these folk better in order to know who we are ourselves. — Terry Jones

Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats. — Terry Jones

It's a great time to book vacation travel for the winter, .. After the first of the year, airplanes are empty, resorts are empty, and they are very excited to get early bookings. — Terry Jones

We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans. We would right now ask no one to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it. — Terry Jones

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words. — Terry Jones

Ludicrous concepts ... like the whole idea of a war on terrorism. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary? — Terry Jones

I spent my earliest years in Colwyn Bay in north Wales with my mother and grandmother, while my father was stationed with the RAF in India. — Terry Jones

I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful. — Terry Jones

The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother's milk. — Terry Jones

I've got a soft spot for Theatr Colwyn because my granddad used to run the Colwyn amateur dramatic society in the 1930s. — Terry Jones

Sarah: That's not fair!
Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is? — Terry Jones

Medieval learning was really advanced. — Terry Jones

We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong. — Terry Jones

What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan. — Terry Jones

The Goths didn't destroy Rome, nor did they massacre the population. On the contrary, the Barbarians took particular care to provide safe-houses for civilians and not to harm public buildings. — Terry Jones

Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery. — Terry Jones

You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian. — Terry Jones

I don't think you need religion. — Terry Jones

I've never been good at improvising. — Terry Jones

I like my stories once removed. — Terry Jones

I'm a good cook; one of my specialities is reindeer and potato pie. — Terry Jones

Short or long to Goblin City?
The straight way's short
But the long way's pretty ... — Terry Jones

Fatherhood is wonderful. — Terry Jones

I'd always thought that if Python was going to go on at all, it'd be nice to get into storylines. — Terry Jones

What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender. — Terry Jones

Wild Thing made their hearts sing. But he couldn't top everything. — Terry Jones

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things. — Terry Jones

I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important! — Terry Jones

It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance. — Terry Jones

Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language. — Terry Jones