92 Quotes by J. B. Priestley

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare.

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

If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.

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.

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

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.

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.