To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

Quote by J B Priestley

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

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

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...

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the...

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the...

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...

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...

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...

Western man is schizophrenic.

Western man is schizophrenic.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

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.

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...

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is...

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is...

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try,...

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try,...