It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets.
ALAN BENNETTLife is generally something that happens elsewhere.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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Illogically, I tend to assume that if you ( Philip Larkin) dream of caning schoolgirls bottoms, it disqualifies you from dismissing half the nation as work-shy.
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It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.
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Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.
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The Waste Land not figuring very largely in Mam’s scheme of things. “The thing is,” I said finally, “he won the Nobel Prize.” “Well,” she said, with that unerring grasp of inessentials which is the prerogative of mothers, “I’m not surprised. It was a beautiful overcoat.”
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You go to a book to have your convictions corroborated.
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Had your forefathers, Wigglesworth, been as stupid as you are, the human race would never have succeeded in procreating itself.
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One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human.
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A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
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The nearest my parents came to alcohol was at Holy Communion and they utterly overestimated its effects.
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Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date?
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I’m for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.
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Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground.
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Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count.
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Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories.
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