Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.

Quote by J B Priestley

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The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event....

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event....

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply...

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply...

Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues...

Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues...

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then...

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then...

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more...

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more...

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour...

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour...

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and...

If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and...

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep...

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep...

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow...

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow...

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then...

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then...

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

Western man is schizophrenic.

Western man is schizophrenic.

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough...

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough...

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to...

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to...

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.