Author: J. B. Priestley

Quotes

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

- J. B. Priestley

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

- J. B. Priestley

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.

- J. B. Priestley

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

- J. B. Priestley

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

- J. B. Priestley

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.

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.

- J. B. Priestley

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.

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.

- J. B. Priestley

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

- J. B. Priestley

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

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

- J. B. Priestley

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