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.
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.
advice
Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
excesses
We pay when old for the excesses of youth.