Top 25 Quotes by J. B. Priestley of 84 - Page 4

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.

J. B. Priestley

Reading, Important, Half

It is hard to tell where the MCC ends and the Church of England begins.

J. B. Priestley

Church, England, Ends

1962 In the New Statesman, 20 Jul.

In spite of recent jazzed-up one-day matches, cricket to be fully appreciated demands leisure, some sunny warm days and an understanding of its finer points.

J. B. Priestley

Understanding, One Day, Demand

"The English". Book by J. B. Priestley, 1973.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.

J. B. Priestley

Book, Writing, Years

If there was a little room somewhere in the British Museum that contained only about twenty exhibits and good lighting, easy chairs, and a notice imploring you to smoke, I believe I should become a museum man.

J. B. Priestley

Believe, Men, Museums