23 quotes
The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.
Uncommon Law (1935)
For I must write to The Times tonight, and save the world from sin.
How proud upon your quarterdeck you stand,
Conductor, Captain of the mighty bus!
Like some Columbus you survey the Strand,
A calm newcomer in a sea of fuss.
Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.
Uncommon Law (1935)
The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravity
Are constructed with considerable care.
Don't let's go to the dogs tonight,
For mother will be there.
There's alcohol in plant and tree.
It must be Nature's plan
That there should be in fair degree
Some alcohol in Man.
A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
Uncommon Law (1935)
The Farmer will never be happy again;
He carries his heart in his boots;
For either the rain is destroying his grain
Or the drought is destroying his roots.
As my poor father used to say
In 1863,
Once people start on all this Art
Goodbye, moralitee!
And what my father used to say
Is good enough for me.
Bus driver, bus driver, the sirens have gone,
The bombs may come down, but the buses go on;
Bus driver, I know you won't think me a snob
If I whisper: "Bus driver, I don't want your job".
The laws were very comical; to bet was voted lax,
But your betting was the only thing that nobody could tax.
It cannot be too clearly understood that this is not a free country, and it will be an evil day for the legal profession when it is.
Uncommon Law (1935)
The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.
Uncommon Law (1935)
It is like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock, which not only is itself discredited but casts a shade of doubt over all previous assertions.
Uncommon Law (1935)
"Was the cow crossed?"
"No, your worship, it was an open cow."
Uncommon Law (1935)
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
Uncommon Law (1935)
Girls were made to love and kiss.
English version (1937)
Though Man, for centuries of care,
Has taught the Hound to hunt the Hare,
It's not a natural pursuit,
For each was born a kindly brute.
Silver Stream (1962)
Nobody's wrong but England – and England's always wrong,
Too late – or else too early – too soft – or else too strong.
And when for once the wide world begins to praise her name
Her own sons crowd and hurry to shout her back to shame.