66+ Tim Vine Quotes On Education, Stickers And Witty

Tim Vine is a British comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his quick-fire puns and one-liners, often delivered with a deadpan expression. He has appeared in several television shows, including Not Going Out, Buzzcocks, and Mock the Week. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tim Vine on love, education, leadership.

Top 10 Tim Vine Quotes

1. Velcro: what a rip-off.
2. Black beauty - he's a dark horse.
3. You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
4. I saw this bloke chatting up a cheetah. He was trying to pull a fast one.
5. Ive decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.
6. I went out on a date with Simile. I don't know what I metaphor.
7. I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down.
8. Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds.
9. Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.
10. So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.

Tim Vine Image Quotes

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. — Tim Vine

Tim Vine Short Quotes

• I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics – I just got bronze.
• Conjunctivitis.com — that’s a site for sore eyes.
• I'm so lazy I've got a smoke alarm with a snooze button.
• I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again.
• I love acting, but it's all just a bonus.
• So I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said "Analogue." I said "No, just a watch."
• If you compulsively pun you are called a paronomasiac.
• I went to the doctor. I said to him "I'm frightened of lapels." He said, "You've got cholera."
• I was in this restaurant and I asked for something herby. They gave me a Volkswagen with no driver.
• For one thing, I don’t pun excessively in real life.

Tim Vine Quotes About People

Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin. — Tim Vine

I sit in places like Costa Coffee in Banstead and write rubbish. I need a deadline. I think about the 44 tour dates and keep imagining standing in front of all these people. Then every day I write 15 jokes minimum. — Tim Vine

Black holes. I don't know what people see in them. Exit signs? They're on their way out. — Tim Vine

People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. — Tim Vine

With silly stuff, it's seventy-five percent confidence. I always tell people that it's because I'm nervous about getting that next laugh and I need to hear it. I always want to condense a joke. — Tim Vine

I met this gangster who pulls up people's pants. Name's Wedgie Kray. — Tim Vine

I'm not someone who gets to play The O2 and places like that, but that's the kind of rock and roll venue. The popularity of stand-up means that some people are getting to play rock star venues. — Tim Vine

People think that because of my act that I must have a really busy mind and I must be driven. I really am not. I quite like going outside and looking at spiders on a hedge in my garden and stuff. — Tim Vine

Believe it or not, there are twice as many eyebrows in the world as there are people. — Tim Vine

Tim Vine Famous Quotes And Sayings

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. — Tim Vine

So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you?' I said: I can't make Tuesdays.' — Tim Vine

I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself. — Tim Vine

So I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, 'Nearest the bull goes first.' He went 'Baah' and I went 'Moo'. He said 'You're closest.' — Tim Vine

So I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is." — Tim Vine

Now did you know if a stick insect laid it's eggs in a jar of Bovril it will give birth to a litter of twiglets. — Tim Vine

Now, most dentist's chairs go up and down, don't they? The one I was in went back and forwards. I thought 'This is unusual'. And the dentist said to me 'Mr Vine, get out of the filing cabinet. — Tim Vine

So this bloke says to me, "Can I come in your house and talk about your carpets?" I thought "That's all I need, a Je-hoover's witness". — Tim Vine

I saw this train driver and said, 'I wanna go to Paris.' He said, 'Eurostar?' I said, 'Well I've been on telly but I'm no Dean Martin.' Mind you, at least the Eurostar's comfy. It's murder on the Orient Express isn't it? — Tim Vine

As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a comic that you're able to still access that childlike thing. — Tim Vine

So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.' — Tim Vine

So I went down my local ice-cream shop, and said 'I want to buy an ice-cream'. He said Hundreds & thousands?' I said 'We'll start with one.' He said 'Knickerbocker glory?' I said 'I do get a certain amount of freedom in these trousers, yes.' — Tim Vine

This policeman came up to me with a pencil and a piece of very thin paper. He said, "I want you to trace someone for me." — Tim Vine

If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative. — Tim Vine

My house is a bit like a teenager's bedroom. The kind of pictures you have hanging up on your wall say a lot about you. I've got ones of Evel Knievel, Elvis and Starsky and Hutch, signed by David Soul. — Tim Vine

So I went down the local supermarket, I said "I want to make a complaint, this vinegar's got lumps in it", he said "Those are pickled onions". — Tim Vine

So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his name, it's P something T something R. — Tim Vine

So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.' — Tim Vine

My mate asked me "What do you think of voluntary work?" I said "I wouldn't do it if you paid me." — Tim Vine

You know, I'm not very good at magic - I can only do half of a trick. Yes - I'm a member of the Magic Semi-circle. — Tim Vine

One-armed butlers, they can take it but they can't dish it out — Tim Vine

I've got a sponge front door. Hey, don't knock it. — Tim Vine

One of the things I like about when I tour sometimes is that occasionally you'll see a dad there with his 12-year-old son and they're both enjoying it. — Tim Vine

My DVD cellophane was put on by a psychiatrist. It was shrink-wrapped. — Tim Vine

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice. — Tim Vine

I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy. — Tim Vine

I'll tell you what makes my blood boil?... Crematoriums. — Tim Vine

I'd like to start with the chimney jokes - I've got a stack of them. The first one is on the house. — Tim Vine

So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'" — Tim Vine

I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet 'Best Before End...' — Tim Vine

I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?" — Tim Vine

When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely"... It's a basic skill isn't it. — Tim Vine

I phoned the local ramblers club today and this bloke just went on and on. — Tim Vine

Comedy covers such a wide range of different styles that I'm not really qualified to talk on all of them any more than anyone else is. — Tim Vine

So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything." — Tim Vine

You see my next door neighbour worships exhaust pipes, he's a catholic converter. — Tim Vine

My friend told me he was going to a fancy-dress party as an Italian island. I said: 'Don’t be Sicily’. — Tim Vine

The other day someone left a piece of plasticine in my dressing room. I didn't know what to make of it. — Tim Vine

Life Lessons by Tim Vine

1. Tim Vine's comedy demonstrates the power of wit and wordplay to create humour.
2. His use of puns and one-liners can inspire us to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions to problems.
3. He also shows us that it's possible to find humour in everyday situations, no matter how mundane.