James Hilton
James Hilton
James Hiltonwas an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 September 1900
James Hilton quotes about
dog swimming night
I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.
teacher children war
If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed, and ignorance is eternal, and those who dedicate themselves to it give their lives no less because they may live to see some fraction of the battle won.
comfortable all-things happens
There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.
passion exhaustion
The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom.
two clouds lasts
The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally be shadowed by the still darker cloud of being too old for them; and between those two clouds, what small and narrow sunlight illumines a human lifetime!