A. P. Herbert

“Let's stop somebody from doing something.”

“The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.”

“Babies are a bit of stardust blown from the hand of God.”

“It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.”

“Life, I suggest, is like a glorious banquet, a limitless and delicious buffet.”

“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”

“The law is an ass.”

“Holy Deadlock is what I call the institution of marriage.”

“The motto of the English people is 'Business as usual.'”

“I do not think we are ever going to be able to boycott the stupid.”

“A high-brow is a man who has found something more interesting than women.”

“The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.”

“People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.”

“As a nation, we are not going downhill, but we are going down-estuary.”

“It is better to be quotable than to be honest.”