We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

Quote by Graham Greene

Topics: Graham Greene Quotes

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...

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....

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...

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...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about...

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about...

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.

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

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

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we...

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we...

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...