J. B. Priestley Quotes

British - Writer | September 13, 1894 - August 14, 1984

Western man is schizophrenic.

J. B. Priestley

ManSchizophrenicWestern

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

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There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.

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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.

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Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.

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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

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AgeYouthOldPay

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

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MarriageClothesWorstLikeYour

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

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She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

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BetterYouWriteMustWouldWriter

Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.

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