Tag: J. B. Priestley

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war

J. B. Priestley | war

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 democracy.

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society

J. B. Priestley | society

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.

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society

J. B. Priestley | society

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.

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smile

J. B. Priestley | smile

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.

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All Quotes

J. B. Priestley | respect

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 missed out coming and going.

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All Quotes

J. B. Priestley | respect

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 coming and going.

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morning

J. B. Priestley | morning

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 somewhere behind the morning.

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marriage

J. B. Priestley | marriage

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

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humor

J. B. Priestley | humor

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.

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hope

J. B. Priestley | hope

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 know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.

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