Quotes

  • Patrick Murray

    ‘I know you believe you understand what you think I said. But I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant.’

  • G.K. Chesterton

    ‘The word good has many meanings. For example if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.’

  • Robert Benchley

    ‘I have so much to do that I am going to bed.’

  • Joel Chandler Harris

    ‘Watch out when you’re getting all you want: only hogs being fattened for the slaughter get all they want.’

  • Rodney Dangerfield

    ‘Always look out for number one and be careful not to step in number two.’

  • William Battie

    ‘Style is when they’re running you out of town and you make it look like you’re leading a parade.’

  • Quentin Crisp

    ‘The lie is the basic building block of good manners.’