Deluded liberal that I am, I persist in thinking that those with a streak of sexual unorthodoxy ought to be more tolerant of their fellows than those who lead an entirely godly, righteous and sober life.
ALAN BENNETTLife is rather like a tin of sardines – we’re all of us looking for the key.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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We have fish and chips, which W. and I fetch from the shop in Settle market-place.
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Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.
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It [Cambridge] wasn’t a holy grail in the sense that I’d never been to Cambridge.
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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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Because you should realise the Cenotaph and the Last Post and all that stuff is concerned, there’s no better way of forgetting something than by commemorating it.
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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.
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The days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.
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Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count.
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What I’m above all primarily concerned with is the substance of life, the pith of reality.
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Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion.
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Polly: Education with socialists, it’s like sex, all right as long as you don’t have to pay for it.
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
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Books are not about passing time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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