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> [“Those who pay their bills on time are soon forgotten. It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/those-who-pay-their-bills-on-time-are-soon-forgotten-it-is-only-by/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

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## More by Gyles Brandreth

> [Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/praise-makes-me-humble-but-when-i-am-abused-i-know-that-i-have/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [I don't poo-pooh anyone's knighthood or other honors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/i-don-t-poo-pooh-anyone-s-knighthood-or-other-honors/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Princess Anne is like her father. From her, you'll never hear a complaint of any kind about her upbringing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/princess-anne-is-like-her-father-from-her-you-ll-never-hear-a/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [In the Members' Dining Room, the Conservatives eat at one end, the Labour Party at the other, while the Liberals wait at table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/in-the-members-dining-room-the-conservatives-eat-at-one-end-the/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Life has not turned out as I hoped it would.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/life-has-not-turned-out-as-i-hoped-it-would/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [“Those who pay their bills on time are soon forgotten. It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/those-who-pay-their-bills-on-time-are-soon-forgotten-it-is-only-by/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [If you're the Queen you don't need to say anything and you don't get into trouble. If you're the Duke of Edinburgh you say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/if-you-re-the-queen-you-don-t-need-to-say-anything-and-you-don-t-get/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [When it comes to personal communication, words are all we've got. It is the simple use of language that makes us human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/when-it-comes-to-personal-communication-words-are-all-we-ve-got-it-is/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/if-god-had-meant-us-to-go-metric-why-did-he-give-christ-twelve/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [First and foremost, I am a writer. That's what I have spent my life doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/first-and-foremost-i-am-a-writer-that-s-what-i-have-spent-my-life/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [“One should always be suspicious of a woman who tells you that her past was burnt in the flames of a schoolhouse in Peshawar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/one-should-always-be-suspicious-of-a-woman-who-tells-you-that-her/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Among the upper classes, especially three or four generations ago, men and women had separate bedrooms. That's just the way it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/among-the-upper-classes-especially-three-or-four-generations-ago-men/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [We did marry in secret and it was several years before we even told our parents that we were married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/we-did-marry-in-secret-and-it-was-several-years-before-we-even-told/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [I've learnt that you've got to accept the audience you've got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/i-ve-learnt-that-you-ve-got-to-accept-the-audience-you-ve-got/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

> [Prince Philip is very contrary. He challenges everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyles-brandreth/prince-philip-is-very-contrary-he-challenges-everything/)

[Gyles Brandreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyles-brandreth/)

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