J. B. Priestley
J. B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley, OM, was an English author, novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, social commentator, man of letters and broadcaster...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 September 1894
begun elaborate less means whisper
Already we Viewers, when not viewing, have begun to whisper to one another that the more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
society
Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.
delight nobody realize relief reporting reports school thank
As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.
blessing joy count-your-blessings
To multiply your joy, count your blessings.
party years missing
One of the delights beyond the grasp of youth is that of Not Going. Not to have an invitation for the dance, the party, the picnic, the excursion is to be diminished. To have an invitation and then not to be able to go -- oh cursed spite! Now I do not care the rottenest fig whether I receive an invitation or not. After years of illusion, I finally decided I was missing nothing by Not Going. I no longer care whether I am missing anything or not.
feelings calling faces
I can't help feeling wary when I hear anything said about the masses. First you take their faces from 'em by calling 'em the masses and then you accuse 'em of not having any faces.
beauty years 50th-birthday
She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
travel time holiday
A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.
teenager war politician
Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
apples tree plums
We complain and complain, but we have lived and seen the blossom -apple, pear, cherry, plum, almond blossom - in the sun; and the best among us cannot pretend they deserve - or could contrive - anything better.
differences politics way
In a world shaped and colored more and more by politicians, the nations meet politically, and hardly any other way to settle their differences.
technology thinking machines
Sometimes you might think the machines we worship make all the chief appointments, promoting the human beings who seem closest to them.
race needs pressure
Production goes up and up because high pressure advertising and salesmanship constantly create new needs that must be satisfied: this is Admass- a consumer's race with donkeys chasing an electric carrot.
behind-you faces behinds
To put failure behind you, face up to it.