Quips& Quotes

“Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.” – comic Joey Adams, quoted in the Guardian

“There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when ‘our’ side commits it.” – George Orwell, quoted in New York Magazine

“Why would Donald Trump be upset if Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called him a moron? You’d think he’d be grateful for the upgrade.”

– John Cleese

“Men go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”

– Charles Mackay, quoted in the Week

“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” – Edith Wharton, quoted in the Guardian

“A writer is someone for whom writing is harder than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann

“One fact, one generalisation and one very slight inaccuracy.” – the Daily Telegraph’s Hugo Wortham on the ideal diary column item

“Ageing is a fight you can’t win.” – Graham Norton

“The only two things I’ve got headlines for were buying a shed and having a fag.”

– former UK PM David Cameron

“The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively