David Mitchell
David Mitchell
English stand up comedian and half of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb. He is best known for starring in and writing the Channel 4 series Peep Show, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009. He has also written and starred in several sketch shows including The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and, That Mitchell and Webb Look.
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth14 July 1974
CitySalisbury, England
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome.
The human world is made of stories, not people. The people the stories use to tell themselves are not to be blamed
I'm not a great deep political thinker.
The human world is made of stories, not people.
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is.
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.
He's really been working hard. He's been here all morning, helping to unload the truck and carry food boxes for people.
I guess this district has worked out pretty good. But we all still have a lot of football left to be played.
Somebody is going to know these faces and somebody is going to call and we are going to catch these people who have avoided prosecution for these years.
Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just as it's true for people, it's also true on a national or cultural level.
Here you have three levels of government working together on an issue that the community, or the group most affected by that issue, . . . is left out. We have the expertise within our community.
All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.
This is a significant promotional offering for both companies, and makes Sun one of the most price competitive places to acquire an Oracle database. Sun is hoping that demand for Oracle products will be a driver for hardware revenue growth, meanwhile Oracle hopes that customers will extend their support contracts and drive revenue growth for Oracle support.
It is a worry. Eventually something's got to give between how much we own and how much space we live in.