A book, as it were, closes the book.
ALAN BENNETTWhy do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count.
More Alan Bennett Quotes
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The trouble is, as soon as you’ve chosen somebody it obscures anybody else you might have thought of.
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But the headmaster happened to have been to Cambridge and decided to try and push some of us towards Oxford and Cambridge.
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
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At eighty things do not occur; they recur.
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I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.
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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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Nor did they seem to think one had done them a kindness by reading their writings. Rather they had done one the kindness by writing them.
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And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours
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To begin with, it’s true, she read with trepidation and some unease.
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Soft Left, Hard Right, Soft Right and Centre. I am not listed. I should probably come under Soft Centre.
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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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I’m all in favour of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.
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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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Life is rather like a tin of sardines – we’re all of us looking for the key.
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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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