“I told them this was their language, this English, this most marvellous and expressive cloak of meaning and imagination. This great, exclamatory,… — A.A. Gill Greatest gift Copy Share Image
“Accent is the last great redoubt of prejudice. The race relations industry, that inquisition of fairness and sensitivity, doesn't protect against discrimination… — A.A. Gill Justice Copy Share Image
“The only type of humor that is excused lower classness is satire, and satire is the chamber music of comedy - a… — A.A. Gill Chamber music Copy Share Image
“Nobody knows exactly where the first chickens were domesticated – India, China, Thailand, Vietnam – somewhere around 10,000 years ago, which is… — A.A. Gill Nobody knows Copy Share Image
“There was a powerful and effulgent smell of industrial disinfectant. It's a smell that never reassures you about cleanliness; rather, it makes… — A.A. Gill Copy Share Image
“The Gulf is the proof of Carnegie’s warning about wealth: ‘There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money… — A.A. Gill Money Copy Share Image
“Ronald Reagan was a man who knew the diplomatic form. He also had a showman’s ear for a tune. So when, at… — A.A. Gill National anthem Copy Share Image
“Down a winding cobbled street from the church trips the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, the most evocative and strangely dramatic of all… — A.A. Gill Darkness Copy Share Image
“Trojan is giving away Magnum large condoms (do you think they were named after a large wooden animal inside which thousands of… — A.A. Gill Life Copy Share Image
“There is no tragedy so utter that a Belgian, with the best will in the world, can’t make worse.” — A.A. Gill Copy Share Image
“The purpose of an army must surely be to put itself out of business.” — A.A. Gill Business Copy Share Image
“It must be said that almost all primitive people think themselves divinely wrought, singled out and special. Often their names translate simply… — A.A. Gill Copy Share Image
