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Nevil Shute Quotes: "If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can."

If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this."

Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.




Nevil Shute Quotes: "You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love."

You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over."

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.




Nevil Shute Quotes: "To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities."

To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers."

It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness."

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.




Nevil Shute Quotes: "The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work."

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them."

I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done." "That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it."

She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done." "That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me."

The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it."

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.




Nevil Shute Quotes: "Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow."

Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us."

It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the tail was light. Watch it... Lovely."

Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the tail was light. Watch it... Lovely.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "Without work men are utterly undone"

Without work men are utterly undone



Nevil Shute Quotes: "There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today."

There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it?"

I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it?



Nevil Shute Quotes: "Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you're going to lose before you start. It's fun just playing them."

Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you're going to lose before you start. It's fun just playing them.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "You did not die when you were drawing public assistance money, but you certainly did not remain alive."

You did not die when you were drawing public assistance money, but you certainly did not remain alive.



Nevil Shute Quotes: "I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly"

I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly



Nevil Shute Quotes: "People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had, she said quietly, staring into the embers. they don't know what it was like, not being in a camp."

People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had, she said quietly, staring into the embers. they don't know what it was like, not being in a camp.