J. B. Priestley Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.”

“When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.”

“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.”

“Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.”

“The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.”

“If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.”

“If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.”

“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.”

“To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.”

“We pay when old for the excesses of youth.”