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Alan Bennett Quotes

«Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.»
«Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | Keywords: assumed, classic
«Life is rather like a tin of sardines, we're all of us looking for the key»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | About: Life | Keywords: sardine, sardines, tin, tinned, tins
«Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | About: Life | Keywords: sardine, sardines
«I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.»
«No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | Keywords: mention, sleeves, vicar, vicars
«Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | Keywords: dusk, publicly
«I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint. I was programmed to be a novelist or a playwright. But I'm not.»
«Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.»
Author: Alan Bennett (Actor, Writer) | About: Life
«If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.»

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