Attrition Quotes by Tom Sharpe

“The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "The Mill on the Floss" to Motor Mechanics.”

— Tom Sharpe

I have yet to met a liberal who can withstand the attrition of prolonged discussion of the unessentials.

— Tom Sharpe

“The number of choirboys indecently assaulted annually by vicars and churchwardens may lead you to suppose that England is a deeply religious country. I”

— Tom Sharpe

All is fair in love, war and tax evasion.

— Tom Sharpe

If a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a lot was lethal.

— Tom Sharpe

There's nothing worse than an introspective drunk.

— Tom Sharpe

“Do go on,' he said. 'There's nothing I enjoy more than listening to a highly trained intelligence leapfrogging common sense and coming to the…

— Tom Sharpe

I don't want to hear what the price of meat is.

— Tom Sharpe

“Eva Wilt got to her feet and stood with the rain running down her face and as she stood there the illusions that had…

— Tom Sharpe

We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, we must strike it until it is hot.

— Tom Sharpe