Top 25 Quotes by Alan Bennett of 108 - Page 5

Nature played a cruel trick on her by giving her a waxed mustache.

Nature played a cruel trick on her by giving her a waxed mustache.

Sarcastic, Giving, Mustache

Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages - just don't catch him at breakfast. Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.

Alan Bennett

Husband, Father, Artist

Alan Bennett (2009). “Alan Bennett Plays 2: Kafka's Dick; Insurance Man; Old Country; Englishman Abroad; Question of Attribution”, p.18, Faber & Faber

Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.

Alan Bennett

Hull, Credit, Moral

Alan Bennett (2008). “Writing Home”, p.425, Faber & Faber

To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish.

Alan Bennett

Selfish, Easier, Pursuit

One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.

Alan Bennett

Stars, Lessons, Recipes

Alan Bennett (2008). “The Uncommon Reader”, p.29, Faber & Faber

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea how to go on; there was no system to her reading, with one book leading to another, and often she had two or three on the go at the same time.

Alan Bennett

Book, Reading, Ideas

Alan Bennett (2008). “The Uncommon Reader”, p.20, Faber & Faber

God doesn't do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, "Can I be excused the Crucifixion?" No!

Alan Bennett

Jesus, Christ, Notes

The History Boys, www.imdb.com. 2006.

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.

Alan Bennett

Ocean, Sea, Land

Alan Bennett (2009). “Alan Bennett Plays 2: Kafka's Dick; Insurance Man; Old Country; Englishman Abroad; Question of Attribution”, p.161, Faber & Faber

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