John Mortimer Quotes (19 Quotes)

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

I think it will bring together a few facets of the running community that weren't linked, ... Starting off with the mile and going up to the long distances, it could potentially link both ends of the spectrum.

Children can spot pomposity, insincerity and self-regard a mile off and are the best possible antidote to such diseases.

should recognize the true importance of a single moment in time, the instant when you are fully and completely alive.

She's certainly not a flash in the pan. She was highly recruited out of high school and went on to have a fantastic career at Kansas State, where she was a 12-time All-American.

There are a lot of sacrifices involved in running and it can certainly be difficult at times. Being a girl in her 20s and living in Boston, there are any number of fun distractions downtown on a Saturday night.

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed.

There is always time for failure.

The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by people who are totally sincere

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

Attack the medical evidence. Remember the jury's full of rheumatism and arthritis and shocking gastric troubles. They love to see a medical man put through it.

I think I'm thoroughly in favour of Mrs. Thatcher's visit to the Falklands. I find a bit of hesitation, though, about her coming back.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.