Best J. B. Priestley Sayings
- A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong… Book
- Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into… Bombed
- If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk… Challenge
- In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has… All
- We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon… Alone
- We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. Animal
- One of the delights beyond the grasp of youth is that of Not Going. Not to have an invitation for the dance, the party, the… Able
- A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. Among
- One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going. Age
- We pay when old for the excesses of youth. Age
- When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I… Coming