Best J. B. Priestley Quotes
- Production goes up and up because high pressure advertising and salesmanship constantly create new needs that must be satisfied: this is Admass- a consumer's race… Advertising
- We complain and complain, but we have lived and seen the blossom -apple, pear, cherry, plum, almond blossom - in the sun; and the best… Almond
- Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them. All
- Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. Better
- It is hard to tell where the MCC ends and the Church of England begins. Begins
- A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful modesty… Accepted
- Any fool can be fussy and rid himself of energy all over the place, but a man has to have something in him before he… All
- The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at… Affectionate
- The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world… Another Quite
- I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting… Been
- The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. Communicate
- There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it… Age
- Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. Called
- Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at… Advertisement
- Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man. Accidental
- To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. Added
- Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile. Comedy
- She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years. Age
- Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes. Clothes
- I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. American
- If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear. Death
- Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River… Diverted
- Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. All
- Western man is schizophrenic. Inspirational
- I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to… Any