43 Quotes by Hugh Leonard

I restrain myself a great deal. I don't say it, or I phrase it differently. But now and again I drop a lulu because I cannot resist it.

I've always believed in survival.

There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.

In life there exist two classes: first class and no class.

My grandmother made dying her life's work.

An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.

Sometimes silence resolves a conversation confused by Mad Misconstruction.

My wife and I have enjoyed over forty years of wedded blitz.

Gossip is more popular than literature.