Dibley Quotes & Sayings

Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which conscious efforts can exercise little effect. — Karl Marx

Outside of London especially, I can't go anywhere without people buying me a drink. There are quite a lot of people who know me from The Vicar Of Dibley and are big Dibley fans, but they don't have things to shout at me from that show. — Roger Lloyd-Pack

Your gaze is very powerful, but trust me, it won't open that door — Jamie Le Fay

For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function. — Aristotle.

[Travel seems] not just a way of having a good time, but something that every self-respecting citizen ought to undertake, like a high-fiber diet, say, or a deodorant. — Jan Morris

When one person manages the money, the money manager tends to act as a parent, and the non-manager tends to act like a child. The parent is put in the position of saying "no" to the desires of the child, and the child acts resentfully toward the parent. This isn't exactly a recipe for relationship bliss. — Erik Wecks

This day is going to be awful. It's the sort of day you wouldn't mind losing completely, even if it meant your life would be twenty-four hours shorter. — Alice Hoffman

We talk about the American Dream, and want to tell the world about the American Dream, but what is that Dream, in most cases, but the dream of material things? I sometimes think that the United States for this reason is the greatest failure the world has ever seen. — Eugene O'Neill

This is an apology letter to the both of us for how long it took me to let things go. — Buddy Wakefield

Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party. — Kate Reardon

They were just stories, but stories weren't just anything. — Rainbow Rowell