"Western man is schizophrenic." — J. B. Priestley

"Western man is schizophrenic."

— J. B. Priestley

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61 Quotes by J. B. Priestley

J. B. Priestley has 61 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that…
In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way…
The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like…
But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the…
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned.
Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a…
There can be no doubt that smoking nowadays is largely a miserable automatic business. People use tobacco without ever taking…
The world we know at present is in no fit state to take over the dreariest little meteor ... If…
There is romance, the genuine glinting stuff, in typewriters, and not merely in their development from clumsy giants into agile…
Write as often as possible, not with the idea at once of getting into print, but as if you were…
The real lost souls don't wear their hair long and play guitars. They have crew cuts and trained minds, sign…
We plan, we toil, we suffer - in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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