Evelyn Waugh Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Evelyn Waugh quotes and sayings page 3 (deceased author born on Oct 28, 1903). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 34 we have for him.
“News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead.”
“Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.”
“I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.”
“You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course.”
“The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.”
“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”
“Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.”
“I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.”
“Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.”
“Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.”
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