Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.

Quote by Graham Greene

Topics: Graham Greene Quotes

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up...

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one...

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one...

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes...

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot...

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot...

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.