Author: J. B. Priestley

Quotes

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

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

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.

- 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

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

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.

- J. B. Priestley

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.

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.

- J. B. Priestley

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