Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.
ALAN BENNETTHad your forefathers, Wigglesworth, been as stupid as you are, the human race would never have succeeded in procreating itself.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.’ To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: ‘This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.
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I dont know whether you’ve ever looked into a miner’s eyes for any length of time, that is. Because it is the loveliest blue you’ve ever seen.
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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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I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.
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It’s much easier to follow something that’s not been as successful as this.
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I tried to explain to her the significance of the great poet, but without much success,
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One reads for pleasure…it is not a public duty.
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Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
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Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.
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A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.
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I can walk. It’s just that I’m so rich I don’t need to.
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Books, bread and butter, mashed potato – one finishes what’s on one’s plate. That’s always been my philosophy.
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Never read the Bible as if it means something. Or at any rate don’t try and mean it. Nor prayers.
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The liturgy is best treated and read as if it’s someone announcing the departure of trains.
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The thing I think about is that once you’ve done it, you then start to think about what you’re going to do next.
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