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Graham Norton

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Graham Norton belongs to that rare category of people whose words are more famous than their biography. Their thinking spans from Relationship to Success, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection holds 10 quotes from Graham Norton, each offering a different angle on Relationship, Success, Society, Home, and Funny. Start here and see if you agree: "I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship."

“Straight men just can't imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do.”

— Graham Norton

Funny

All Quotes by Graham Norton

“I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.”

— Graham Norton

Relationship

“Straight men just can't imagine the bliss of being in a relationship with someone who finds farting as funny as they do.”

— Graham Norton

Funny

“Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do realise this is a gay club, don't you lads?' you get all excited because you think, 'Wow, he thought I was straight!'”

— Graham Norton

Society

“The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it's a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.”

— Graham Norton

Famous

“I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.”

— Graham Norton

Dating

“My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.”

— Graham Norton

Education

“It's amazing how I can just ramble on for hours, isn't it? And so unentertaining or uninteresting. But I can ramble on for hours. It's a sort of terrible gift, isn't it?”

— Graham Norton

Amazing

“All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with.”

— Graham Norton

Home

“My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.”

— Graham Norton

Success