Quotes from Tim Minchin

I don't quite think I'm big enough to deserve an orchestra.

I'm quite a gregarious, outgoing person.

The thing I love about my career is the variety and that people can't predict what I'm going to do next.

These days, I'm a hypocritical, philosophical vegetarian. Vegetarianism would be the right choice, but I really, really love meat.

For whatever reason, luck and word of mouth - my comedy career couldn't have started better. I went to Edinburgh, selling out this 300-seater just because I got the right place, right time, right venue, right buzz, right reviews early on.

There are children in Africa, starving to death, and you don't hear them whinging.

My shows are basically about ethics.

If anyone can show me ... that there is any reason - other than fear - to believe in any version of an afterlife, I'll give you my piano, one of my legs, and my wife.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief can be preserved.