The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by people who are totally sincere

Quote by John Mortimer

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There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to...

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of...

There is always time for failure.

There is always time for failure.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to...