So much of life is not about whether you're good or bad, or right or wrong, or can afford or not afford… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing… — A. A. Gill Beginning Copy Share Image
I tell you, once a girl's got a dose of novels she's a pushover for iambic pentameter. — A. A. Gill Books Copy Share Image
Twenty is a tough age because it slips past in the middle of so much else - university, gap year, leaving home,… — A. A. Gill Age Copy Share Image
The trouble with righting some wrongs is that it makes the remaining ones seem even more unbearable. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I don't do dinner parties. I have people come to share the food I've cooked for the family. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Men and women understand different things about personal boundaries. What men call privacy, women know as secrecy. — A. A. Gill Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
There's no pleasing the British, or winning their favor. They simply hate politicians. All politicians. Hatred goes with politicians like mint sauce… — A. A. Gill British Copy Share Image
This is the trouble with cheating: there are no acceptable rules, or laws. It could be a smile, or dancing to a… — A. A. Gill Cheating Copy Share Image
London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the… — A. A. Gill City Copy Share Image
A cravat is the only item of named after Croatians. Balkan mercenaries were brought to Paris by Louis XIV. Their strange and… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
No 13-year-old or over should ever be seen in trousers that finish above the ankle. It doesn't matter how good your legs… — A. A. Gill Beach Copy Share Image
The London police have discovered that the best way to neuter demonstrations is not to move everyone on, or disperse troublemakers, but… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
When Americans come to London they usually say how much they love the history, the tradition, the splendid tumpty-tum of things whose… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
When you look at traditions closely, examine what they really are, you realize they're made up of layers and layers of deferrals,… — A. A. Gill Culture Copy Share Image
The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule. — A. A. Gill Adults Copy Share Image
Gift giving is one of the oldest forms of human interaction. It is a behaviour all cultures and all classes share. — A. A. Gill Generosity Copy Share Image
The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what… — A. A. Gill Art Copy Share Image
I've often been accused of dressing too well. I've always been fascinated by fashion, though I don't think I'm particularly fashionable. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Because there is no better tool for writing than experience. It has very little to do with grammar and everything to do… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
The real question is: if you knew there was a god, would you behave any differently? And if the answer is yes,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
And learn to tie a bow - it's not difficult and there's no excuse for either a clip-on or the hideous Hollywood… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
The part that makes you unique is the bit people will like or fear, fall in love with, or try to avoid. — A. A. Gill Fall in love Copy Share Image
One of the small joys that's easy to miss in London is the blue plaques on buildings. These are put up to… — A. A. Gill Blue Copy Share Image
I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it… — A. A. Gill Children Copy Share Image
The pleasure in lovers' gifts is that they are often covert and secretive, worn next to the skin, hidden under pillows. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
The answer is that if God exists, he doesn't seem to mind if you believe in him or not. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Bald isn't like being ethnic or disabled. Everyone can and will make jokes about it and expect you to laugh good-naturedly, which… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I don't have prejudices against anybody. I have opinions, based on a lifetime's experience. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
You don't have a choice about fashion or aesthetics - you're in it, whether you like it or not. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Everyone has to go to a funeral at some time and you need to be dark and sombre, and in a black… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
People collect boredom, they hoard it, they wallow in it, hoping that one day it'll be of interest and become an effete… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows. — A. A. Gill Chef Copy Share Image
People who don't believe in God are no happier than people who do, and those who do believe are no nicer than… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
The super-rich watch each other like envious owls, to see who's got a slightly better loafer, a pullover made from some even… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a… — A. A. Gill Boss Copy Share Image
No British TV company could ever make a series like 'The West Wing' about British politics. It would beggar credibility. No one… — A. A. Gill British Copy Share Image
If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
