Giants Quotes by J. B. Priestley

In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.

— J. B. Priestley

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.

— J. B. Priestley

To make the most of Christmas, focus on Christ.

— J. B. Priestley

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something…

— J. B. Priestley

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

— J. B. Priestley

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a…

— J. B. Priestley

I fancy that the Hell of Too Many People would occupy a respectable place in the hierarchy of infernal regions.

— J. B. Priestley

It is good fiction, so largely ignored now, that brings us so much closer to the real facts.

— J. B. Priestley

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic…

— J. B. Priestley

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

— J. B. Priestley

What a grand, higgledy-piggledy, sensible old place Norwich is!

— J. B. Priestley

Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a confidence trick on himself,…

— J. B. Priestley