#ld

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#administrative #colour #course #fire #fit

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#am #coming #going #i #i am

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#critics #find #greater #had #nothing

In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#britain #circumstances #done #early #now

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#digging #garden #growing #how #like

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#child #delight #delighted #find #happiness

If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it. ↗

— Jason Priestley

#am #bother #even #gay #guy

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. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#delight #fashion #heaven #nobody #our

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it. ↗

— Louis Prima

#get #like #nothing #out #people

All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them? ↗

— Prince

#any #attention #fools #i #me