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John Mortimer Quotes

English - Novelist | April 21, 1923 - January 16, 2009

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

Freedom Speech Freedom Of Speech More

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

Law Common Sense Nothing Nails Clean

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

Tragedy Minute Thousand Played Farce

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

Flower Children Interesting Congress

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

Life Milk Somewhere Modern Yogurt

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

Worth Three Years Pleasure Just

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

Life Diet My Life Worth Three Eat

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

Fear Feel Magic Censorship Way Laws

There is always time for failure.

Failure Time Always

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

Daily Hat Copy Escape Duty Jury

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

Yourself Writing Rule Only Validity

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed.

Children Succeed Worst Fault Going

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