A.P. Herbert Quotes
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--- RESPONSIBILITY.
Never worry about anything that is past. Charge it up to experience and forget the trouble. There are always plenty of troubles ahead, so don't turn and look back on any behind you.
At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one.
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.
That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
Great changes in the destiny of mankind can be effected only in the minds of little children.
Moses made mistakes, Abraham made mistakes, David made mistakes, Elijah made mistakes.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.
If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team.
The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind.
If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.
We can either change the complexities of life ... or develop ways that enable us to cope more effectively.
Cutting out bad habits is far more effective than cutting out organs.
All socialism involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy anothers desires.
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.
Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important
To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.
And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City
A diet is a plan, generally hopeless, for reducing your weight, which tests your will power but does little for your waistline.
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures?
