Best Hector Hugh Munro Quotes
- If he had unlimited money at his disposal, he might go into the wilds somewhere and shoot big game. I never know what the big… Animal
- The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience; you get the mediaeval picturesqueness of the one with the… Agnostic
- Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is… Childhood
- We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart. All
- People talk vaguely about the innocence of a little child, but they take mighty good care not to let it out of their sight for… Care
- All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both. All
- He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has… Been
- It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself. Behavior
- Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts. Address
- Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion. Christian
- People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die. Chartreuse
- It is an admitted fact that the ordinary tomtit of commerce has a sounder aesthetic taste than the average female relative in the country. Admitted
- Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions. Art
- When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of… Charity
- Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born. Born
- I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English. Americans
- Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves, we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well. Always Grateful
- A relative of mine ... spends his time producing improved breeds of sheep and pigs and chickens. So patronising and irritating to teh Almighty, I… Almighty
- A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. Ethics
- The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. Age
- He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. Altruism
- I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word. Fond
- The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally. Consume
- Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return. Angel
- The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went. Cook