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

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

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

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

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

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

- 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

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

- J. B. Priestley

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