All Harold Pinter Quotes
- Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt. Blair
- Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world. Attitude
- Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. Government
- I think that NATO is itself a war criminal. Antiwar
- I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal… Adolescent
- The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay. Award
- There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened. Happened
- The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law. Absolute
- I know the place. It is true. Everything we do Corrects the space Between death and me And you. Corrects
- When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing. Bothered
- I think we communicate only too well, in our silence, in what is unsaid, and that what takes place is a continual evasion, desperate rearguard… Alarming
- The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking… Anguished
- I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature. Brandy
- I can't really articulate what I feel, Articulate
- It’s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror. Contempt
- There are places in my heart...where no living soul...has...or can ever...trespass. Heart
- How can the unknown merit reverence? In other words how can you revere that of which you are ignorant? At the same time, it would… Any
- Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated. Appreciated
- I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? Afford
- I'm a gentleman's gentleman, and you're no bloody gentleman. Bloody