Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be tempted to… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
“The persistence of public officials varies inversely with the importance of the matter on which they are persisting.” — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
