Author: Anthony Burgess

Quotes

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.

- Anthony Burgess

Every dogma has its day.

Every dogma has its day.

- Anthony Burgess

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

- Anthony Burgess

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.

- Anthony Burgess

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

- Anthony Burgess

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

- Anthony Burgess

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

- Anthony Burgess

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

- Anthony Burgess

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

- Anthony Burgess

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