V. S. Pritchett
V. S. Pritchett
Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE, was a British writer and literary critic...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 December 1900
defense performed scoring team
Our defense performed well tonight. But we weren't scoring and the team started to get frustrated.
atlanta hurt lane passing took turn
Our turnovers really hurt us tonight. They (Greater Atlanta Christian) took away our passing lane and were able to turn those turnovers into points.
girls good knew model played team tough
We knew Model was a good team and were going to be able to go on some runs, but our girls played tough tonight.
far happened
In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
happiness
The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
dog attitude character
[London] is sentimental and tolerant. The attitude to foreigners is like the attitude to dogs: Dogs are neither human nor British, but so long as you keep them under control, give them their exercise, feed them, pat them, you will find their wild emotions are amusing, and their characters interesting.
tongue genius excess
It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.
childhood made novel
The wrongs of childhood and upbringing have made a large and obsessional contribution to autobiography and the novel.
I shall never be as old as I was between 20 and 30.
novelists shows happened
It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened.
states committees
The State, that cawing rookery of committees and subcommittees.
spiritual greed mind
The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.
queens actresses mixtures
Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.
men armchairs mausoleum
Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.