Extra Quote by John Mortimer Download Open image “There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.” — John Mortimer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Extra Just Pleasure Three Three years Ward Worth Years
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I knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
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Voting Liberal is a non-thing. Historically, it might be a good idea to have a Conservative government, because change is a good thing. But… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
I try and treat my children from the age of ten months as if they were totally grown up, which I think is the… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
Check-ups are, in my experience, a grave mistake; all they do is allow the quack of your choice to tell you that you have… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them. — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image