To show a child what has once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own, so that there is now a double delight seen in the glow of trust and affection, this is happiness.
J.B. PriestleyNo matter how piercing and appalling his insights, the desolation
creeping over his outer world, the lurid lights and shadows of his inner
world, the writer must live with hope, work in faith
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
J.B. PriestleyThe way to write a book is the application of the seat of one's pants to the seat of one's chair
J.B. PriestleyMost writers enjoy two periods of happiness—when a glorious idea comes to mind, and when a last page has been written and you haven't had time to know how much better it ought to be
J.B. PriestleyWe don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.
J.B. PriestleyWe must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
J.B. PriestleyTags: human-nature psychology sociology
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
J.B. PriestleyTags: inspirational
Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.
J.B. PriestleyTags: society justice youth teenagers
Nearly everything possible has been done to spoil this game: the heavy financial interests;... the absurd publicity given to every feature of it by the Press; ... but the fact remains that it is not yet spoilt, and it has gone out and conquered the world."
J.B. Priestley in English Journey (referring to football), published in 1934.
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