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
punishment people killing
The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong
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.
issues people political
In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral or political issue it can produce such a wide divergence of opinion that nobody -- from the Pope to Mao Tse-tung -- can say with any confidence that he is not an Anglican. Its weaknesses are that nobody pays much attention to it and very few people attend its functions.
believe thinking people
You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.
people enemy hunts
Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.
people world sacred
There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible.
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.
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.
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.