If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn, if our nature is always wrong and wicked, how ineffectual we are - like fishes not meant to swim

Quote by Cyril Connolly

Topics: Body Quotes

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we...

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind.

No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind.

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of...

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of...

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout...

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout...

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.