A. A. Gill Quotes

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
A. A. GILL

Deep Fiction Future History Past Present Science
Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.
A. A. GILL

Breakfast Commit Day
Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.
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Country Kind Poor Recognition Rich Sports Visible
Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.
A. A. GILL

Enemy Friend Look National Place Television
Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They’re not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.
A. A. GILL

Knowledge Laughter Reality Television Thinking
You either get the point of Africa or you don’t. What draws me back year after year is that it’s like seeing the world with the lid off.
A. A. GILL

Drawing Explore Perspective Travel World
I don’t know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
A. A. GILL

Aware Children Guess Television
Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It’s among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.
A. A. GILL

First Forest Forget Night Remember Sex
I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn’t watch television when the sun is out.
A. A. GILL

Afternoon Believe Secret Sun Test Time Watch
He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers’ melt waters to go back
A. A. GILL

Command Glacier Last Man Stand

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