Cunk on Life: Quotes from philosopher Philomena Cunk to live by

Investigative reporter, award-winning documentarist, and mate of Paul — Philomena Cunk is back again with Cunk on Life on Netflix. Here are the best quotes to live by, in this documentary released 36 years after the unrelated Belgian techno anthem Pump Up the Jam.

Cunk on Life, featuring Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk, is a feature-length special trying to understand the meaning of life, examining various topics including religion, art, space, biology, and more. On her quest, Cunk speaks to academics in these fields to better understand humans, all while be befuddling those academics with her wits.

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Cunk on Life: Best quotes from philosopher Philomena Cunk to live by

• “In this documentary special, I’ll walk the globe in slow motion through picturesque locations”
• “First God said ‘let there be light’ which makes a lot of sense because he needed to see what he was doing.”
• “Moses — the most successful influencer of Old Testament times. Very much the Mr Beast of his days.”
• “It [the Ten Commandments] was the world’s first and heaviest press release”
• “Devout followers avoid sinful pleasures like lusting after sloths during their lifetimes.”

• “This is Las Vegas. Spanish for “The Vegas.”
• “It [Las Vegas] is a Mecca for people who aren’t going to Mecca.”
• “DNA is tiny. Yet, complex. Like Tom Cruise.”
• “Millions of plucky young tadpoles swim their way up through the female pipework towards an egg, and then kamikaze into it, like a tiny 9/11 happening up a lady.”
• “What’s black hole? I’m sorry. A hole of colour.”
• “How soon after death is it safe to resume your day to day activities?”

• “Capital punishment forces us to ask questions like, ‘Does it hurt?’, ‘Are tickets available?’, and ‘What’s the view like from seat 6A?'”
• “Why are we saying people are facing the electric chair when they’ve got their backs to it?”
• “Can you have an electric bench that does about seven in one go?”
• “So, have you been on death row before? Or is this your first time?”
• “This is Edward Munch’s The Scream, the first existentialist statement to later become an emoji.”
• “Is it harder to enter the kingdom of heaven since BREXIT?”
• “You, me, and everything around us is made of atoms, apart from this coat, which is 100% cashmere.”

• “The Higgs Boson is sometimes referred to as the God Particle. But it could also be called the Allah Particle, because we can’t show you any pictures of it.”
• “Subatomic particles can simultaneously exist in two different states at once. Just like Liam Hemsworth, who’s sexy and boring.
• “Life is just a lame, less metal version of death, and that’s why only hippies care about it.”
• “Nietzsche said ‘God is dead,’ and now he’s dead himself. Who’s next?”
• “Dolly became the most famous sheep in history, although that’s a low bar.”
• One of the first examples of AI was a piece of software called ELIZA, which stands for something.”

Cunk on Life is now streaming on Netflix, with scores of 7.4/10 on IMDb, and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.