Occupation: Novelist Birth: September 24, 1890 Death: November 11, 1971
As my poor father used to say In 1963, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee! And what my father used to say Is good enough for me..
If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth..
Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there..
A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be w….
aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed, rude, nervy, perhaps; b….
An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected..
My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He waves his club at me. Well, let him wave-the sky is blue; Go on,….
Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions into on….
Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it..
There is no reason why a joke should not be appreciated more than once. Imagine how little good music there would be if, for example, a conductor ref….
Harriet, Hi! Light of my eye! Come to the pictures and have a good cry, For it's jolly old Saturday, Mad-as-a-hatter-day, Nothing-much-matter-day-nig….
A dull speaker, like a plain woman, is credited with all the virtues, for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by….
Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff….
Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that ….
Let's stop somebody from doing something! Everybody does too much..
Greenfly, it's difficult to see Why God, who made the rose, made thee..
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep..
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'..
An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose..
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking….
The rain is plentious but, by God's decree, Only a third is meant for you and me; Two-thirds are taken by the growing things Or vanish Heavenward ….