Auberon Waugh
Auberon Waugh
Auberon Alexander Waughwas an English journalist, and eldest son of Evelyn Waugh. He was widely known by his nickname Bron...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth17 November 1939
people insulted stills
Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.
law people rubbish
Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law
insecure mad political
Anyone in England who puts himself forward to be elected to a position of political power is almost bound to be socially or emotionally insecure, or criminally motivated, or mad.
punishment people killing
The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong
chinese looks facts
Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu tribesman, in fact he is not an African at all. He is quite obviously Chinese. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but it makes those who persist in seeing him as a great African statesman look rather foolish.
suicide boys hands
There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?
terrible bores
Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.
dog attitude gay
I remember also speaking to a reporter on Gay News who enquired about my attitude to Gay Dogs and reassuring him of my compassionate attitude to homosexuality among dogs, while secretly feeling they ought to be whipped.
wish purpose speech
Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech.
real people drug
History, having destroyed the religion as the opium of the people, now requires that they be given a taste of the real stuff.
evil long trying
Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one ... So long as one sees killing as wrong there is no need to waste time with the deterrent argument, since it would be nonsense to try to prevent a theoretical evil in the future by perpetrating an actual one in the present.
eton soap reminders
An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know exactly what your qualifications are.You bent over in the shower to pick up some soap at Eton and Harrow, like all the rest of them.
simple london typical
Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.
naked might homosexual
Anyone might become homosexual after seeing Glenda Jackson naked.