QI Quotes

“What is literally the most misused word in the English language? The word ‘literally’ has been used to mean its opposite for over 200 years.”
― John Lloyd, QI: The Third Book of General Ignorance

“Somewhat ironically, Clarke later committed suicide as a result of a ‘violent and hopeless passion for a very beautiful lady of a rank superior to his own’. To decide the method he tossed a coin: heads he would hang himself, tails he would drown. The coin landed on its side in a mud patch, so he shot himself.”
― John Lloyd, QI: The Third Book of General Ignorance