"Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might……" — A. P. Herbert
"Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!"
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A. P. Herbert
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22 Quotes by A. P. Herbert
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Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game…
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An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected.
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aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed,…
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Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.
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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.
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As my poor father used to say In 1963, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee! And what…
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My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He…
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Harriet, Hi! Light of my eye! Come to the pictures and have a good cry, For it's jolly old Saturday,…
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The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.
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Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it.
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of…
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Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather…
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I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.
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Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the…
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I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously…
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Life may not be exactly pleasant, but it is at least not dull. Heave yourself into Hell today, and you…
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Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit…
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