I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

Quote by Harold Pinter

Topics: Never Forget Quotes

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on...

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing...

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing...

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court,...

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court,...

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.

The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years...

The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years...

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who...

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who...

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as...

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as...

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to...

One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to...

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what...

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what...

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World...

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World...

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a...

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a...

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans -...

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans -...

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was...

My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was...

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical...

It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living...

It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may...

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have...

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have...