Stephen Fry, comedian, actor and quiz-show host who came in third in a survey of Britain’s wittiest people, came in highest among those who have not yet died, reports Times of London.

He once quoted Oscar Wilde [#1 in the poll], whom he played in the 1997 film of that name, when passing through customs at an airport, announcing: “I have nothing to declare but my genius.”

Fry also objected to animal testing as cruel because “they get nervous and get all the answers wrong.”