
“Welcome back, my cheeky wee monkeys.”
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), "Welcome Back" variations
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), "Welcome Back" variations
Variant: Welcome back, my frisky badgers
“Welcome back, my cheeky wee monkeys.”
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), "Welcome Back" variations
“Welcome back, my filthy pigeons.”
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), "Welcome Back" variations
“It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.”
A similar remark was reportedly made by Pratchett in The Herald (4 October 2004): I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)
Context: Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.
“You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town”
Source: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
“Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!”
Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“She wants to sell my monkey!”
Quoted in Frank D, "Mike Langeisms," http://www.pensburgh.com/2008/2/11/161116/612 PensBurgh.com (2008-02-11)
"Straighten Up And Fly Right" (1937) written with Irving Mills.
“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”
“OK, you trained monkeys, everybody jump up and down. Let's bring back the good old pogo!”
1993-12-31 at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, in between "About a Girl" and "Lithium".
Stage banter