Bernard Levin
Bernard Levin
Henry Bernard Levin CBEwas an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by The Times as "the most famous journalist of his day". The son of a poor Jewish family in London, he won a scholarship to the independent school Christ's Hospital and went on to the London School of Economics, graduating in 1952. After a short spell in a lowly job at the BBC selecting press cuttings for use in programmes, he secured a post as a junior member of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 August 1928
faults debt lenders
It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.
believe manifest absurdity
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
thinking liberty poverty
Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be tempted to think as much, let us remind ourselves that totalitarianism not only extinguishes liberty but institutionalises poverty as well
mad firsts
Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.
exercise power desire
The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.
dog pain war
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?
foxes stags mentality
The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.
weather childhood remember
I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.
government self people
If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.
men political way
Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
country children people
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy) desperation, understanding nothing but the fact that there is a hole inside them and that however much food and drink they pour into it, however many motorcars and television sets they stuff it with, however many well-balanced children and loyal friends they parade around the edges of it. . . it aches!
men age way
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.
blow men noses
Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.
cancer effort prevention
Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.