--- title: "1 Thousands Poxeaten Quotes By Alan Sillitoe" description: "1 Thousands Poxeaten quotes by Alan Sillitoe. Plus more from Alan Sillitoe and more Thousands Poxeaten sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/alan-sillitoe-23194_kept-saying_and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we_290715.png" --- > [“And when the governor kept saying how 'we' wanted you to do this; and 'we' wanted you to do that, I kept looking round for the other blokes, wondering how many of them there was. Of course, I knew there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we-wanted-you-to-do-this-and-we/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f7/alan-sillitoe-23194_kept-saying_and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we_290715.png) ## More by Alan Sillitoe > [Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/walking-the-streets-on-winter-nights-kept-him-warm-despite-the-cold/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [For it was Saturday night, the best and bingiest glad-time of the week, one of the fifty-two holidays in the slow-turning Big Wheel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/for-it-was-saturday-night-the-best-and-bingiest-glad-time-of-the-week/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [“On his first parade the sergeant-major exclaimed that he couldn't make out the shape of Arthur's head because there was so much hair on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/on-his-first-parade-the-sergeant-major-exclaimed-that-he-couldn-t/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [“And when the governor kept saying how 'we' wanted you to do this; and 'we' wanted you to do that, I kept looking round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we-wanted-you-to-do-this-and-we/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [“Gulls, aeroplaning above the chimney pots, were calling that he must talk to Laura about his plans. He needed no telling, for once in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/gulls-aeroplaning-above-the-chimney-pots-were-calling-that-he-must/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [“I was neither glad nor unhappy to see her, but maybe that's what shock does, because I was surprised, that I will say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/i-was-neither-glad-nor-unhappy-to-see-her-but-maybe-that-s-what-shock/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/if-you-went-through-life-refusing-all-the-bait-dangled-in-front-of/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [Whatever people think I am or say I am, that's what I am not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/whatever-people-think-i-am-or-say-i-am-that-s-what-i-am-not/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [All I'm out for is a good time - all the rest is propaganda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/all-i-m-out-for-is-a-good-time-all-the-rest-is-propaganda/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/well-it-s-a-good-life-and-a-good-world-all-said-and-done-if-you-don-t/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [Everybody thinks theyll never get married at your age. You think you can go on all your life being single, but you suddenly find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/everybody-thinks-theyll-never-get-married-at-your-age-you-think-you/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/i-realized-it-might-be-possible-to-do-such-a-thing-run-for-money-trot/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/it-s-a-treat-being-a-runner-out-in-the-world-by-yourself-with-not-a/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [“Once a rebel, always a rebel. You can't help being one. You can't deny that. And it's best to be a rebel so as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/once-a-rebel-always-a-rebel-you-can-t-help-being-one-you-can-t-deny/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) > [You can always rely on a society of equals taking it out on the women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/you-can-always-rely-on-a-society-of-equals-taking-it-out-on-the-women/) [Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thousands-poxeaten/alan-sillitoe/#itemlist", "name": "1 Thousands Poxeaten Quotes By Alan Sillitoe", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And when the governor kept saying how 'we' wanted you to do this; and 'we' wanted you to do that, I kept looking round for the other blokes, wondering how many of them there was. 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