"The Meaning of Life" quotes

The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.

Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam

Production: N/A

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1983

MetaScore: 72/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $14,929,552

Released: 31 Mar 1983

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 win & 2 nominations total

72 Clips

00:18

Now a word of advice You may find that you suffer for some...

00:28

Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a...

00:11

Listen I can't give it to you now It says 'In the event of...

00:10

Good evening Would you care for something to talk about

00:09

Any idea how it happened

00:28

How can we all have died at the same time

00:24

Is there something wrong with the food

00:15

The MO says we can stitch it back on if we can find it...

00:17

What's the point of all this hoax

What is life What is our fate

00:16

Now lads let's move

00:21

As the sun set slowly in the west

00:15

Do you think it's all for the good of the country

00:08

Bon and the usual brown ales

00:05

Do please share your little joke with the rest of us

00:18

Who The Grim Reaper

00:19

Arthur Charles Herbert Runcie MacAdam Jarrett

00:11

Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong

00:18

Hindu Taoist Mormon

00:12

Leave it to us What's that for

00:19

What we're looking for and this is no more than an educated...

00:28

Merci Gaston I haven't finished

00:30

Boy move over there I'm warning you

00:20

Yes Hello Can we have your liver

00:36

And barefaced flattery

00:15

Yes Yes More apparatus please Nurse

00:12

Now Carter

00:35

Sex sex sex Where were we

00:35

Now two boys have been found rubbing linseed oil

00:06

And it went wherever I did go

00:09

They haven't said much about the meaning of life so far have...

00:04

Oh shit It's Mr Creosote

00:26

Hello and welcome to The Middle of the Film

00:36

I used to work in the Academie Fran aise

00:13

Yes well the thing is Sergeant I've got a bit of a problem...

00:08

I'm so sorry

00:34

Et maintenant would monsieur care for an aperitif

00:35

But of course warfare isn't all fun Right Stop that

00:35

Do all philosophers have an 'S' in them

00:35

Yes During the night old Perkins got his leg bitten sort of...

00:36

The mill's closed There's no more work

00:35

And spotteth twice they the camels before the third hour

00:36

O Lord please don't burn us

00:13

I see you have the machine that goes 'ping ' This is my...

00:09

Good afternoon sir and how are we today

00:06

What do I do Nothing dear You're not qualified

00:36

You see that

00:27

Anyone got anything they'd rather be doing

00:30

Anyone got anything they'd rather be doing

00:05

Hey I didn't even eat the mousse

00:19

Take you away

00:30

I just can't go on I'm no good anymore

00:10

That went wherever I did go

00:11

Be quiet Englishmen You're all so fucking pompous

00:34

Okay Thank you

00:37

Shut up Shut up you American

00:34

You talk and you talk and you say

00:05

Finally monsieur a wafer thin mint

00:37

All right settle down settle down

00:19

So just listen

00:15

And what are you doing this morning It's a birth

00:16

Better than staying home isn't it

00:34

Yes I suppose so

00:26

You're a Catholic the moment Dad came

00:37

But when one considers the meaning of life

00:36

Whenever life gets you down Mrs Brown

00:36

Good evening ladies and gentlemen

00:07

Is it a boy or a girl

00:36

Well it's nothing very special

Cast

Chairman - Graham Chapman

Fish #2 - John Cleese

Window Washer - Terry Gilliam

Gunther - Eric Idle

Bert - Terry Jones

Window Washer - Michael Palin

Beefeater Waitress - Carol Cleveland

Chadwick - Simon Jones

Mrs. Williams - Patricia Quinn

Nurse #1 - Judy Loe

Groom - Andrew MacLachlan

Victim #2 (Cheerful Severed Head) - Mark Holmes

Mrs. Moore - Valerie Whittington

Bride - Jennie Franks

Nurse #2 - Imogen Bickford-Smith

Wife of Guest #2 - Angela Mann

Brown's Son - Peter Lovstrom

Diner Eating Howard the Fish - George Silver

- Chris Grant

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Sydney Arnold

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Guy Bertrand

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Andrew Bicknell

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Ross Davidson

Old Lady (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Myrtle Devenish

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Tim Douglas

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Eric Francis

Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Matt Frewer

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Billy John

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Russell Kilmister

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Peter Mantle

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Len Marten

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Peter Merrill

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Cameron Miller

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Gareth Milne

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Larry Noble

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Paddy Ryan

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Leslie Sarony

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - John Scott Martin

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Eric Stovell

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Wally Thomas

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Jack Armstrong

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Robert Carrick

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Douglas Cooper

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - George Daly

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Chick Fowles

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Terry Grant

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Robin Hewlett

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Tommy Isley

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Juba Kennerley

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Anthony Lang

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - John Murphy

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Terry Rendell

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Ronald Shilling

(segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") - Albert Welch

Dancer - Luke Baxter

Dancer - Stephen Beasley

Dancer - Paul Bourke

Dancer - Bonnie Bryg

Dancer - Charlotte Corbett

Dancer - Geoff Davids

Dancer - Emma-Kate Davies

Dancer - Sandra Easby

Dancer - Jane Eve

Dancer - Donna Fielding

Dancer - Roy Hamlyn Gayle

Dancer - Dawn Gerrard

Dancer - Natascha Gilbrooke

Dancer - Donnette Goddard

Dancer - Heavon Grant

Dancer - Alison Jane Hierlihy

Dancer - Laura James

Dancer - Kim Elizabeth Leeson

Dancer - Maddie Loftin

Dancer - Michelle Mackie

Dancer - Paul Madden

Dancer - Helen Mason

Dancer - Caroline Meacher

Dancer - Lorraine Meacher

Dancer - Sue Menhenick

Dancer - Kerri Murphy

Dancer - Tammy Needham

Dancer - Garry Noakes

Dancer - Trudy Pack

Dancer - Floyd Anthony Pearce

Dancer - Wanda Rokicki

Dancer - Peter Salmon

Dancer - Lizie Saunderson

Dancer - Steve St. Klonis

Dancer - Timothy Ward

Dancer - Michelle Welch

Dancer - Gess Whitfield

Dancer - Lorraine Whitmarsh

Dancer - Dominique Wood

Student Doctor - Lynne Hazelden

Dancer - Jane Leeves

School Boy in Chapel - Keith Macey

Passerby - Gerald Paris

Themselves - Monty Python

Mr. Bloke - John Simpkin

Restaurant Diner - Guy Standeven

Topless Pursuer - Carole Anne Stevenson

Restaurant Patron - Reg Thomason

Restaurant Diner - Cy Town

Branded Man in Dungeon Room - Fred Wood

Dancer -