“We rather enjoy being told by our wives and sweethearts that we’re smoking and drinking too much. It enables us to feel devil-may-care at little trouble or expense.”
Kingsley Amis, quoted in The Spectator
“Politicians fear the press, and we should fear the disappearance of anything which makes them worry.”
Iain Martin on CapX
“The freedom of nasty people is the liberty of us all.”
Libby Purves in The Times
“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wicker picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”
Tom Stoppard, quoted in The Mail on Sunday
“In the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.”
Philip K. Dick, quoted on TheBrowser.com
“Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable when once the idea…
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