Famous Quotes by John Osborne

  • Damn you, England. You’re rotting now, and quite soon you’ll disappear. My hate will outrun... More
  • I wish you’d stop yelling, I can’t hear myself shout. More
  • Yes, I loved her. I was “in love” with her, whatever that may mean. More
  • Talent got a bit thin when it came down to me. And the courage, too. More
  • I never thought as it was any harm to say a young man was handsome. But I shall never think of... More
  • Here we are, we’re alone in the universe, there’s no God, it just seems that it all began by... More
  • What are we hoping to get out of it, what’s it all in aid of—is it really just for the sake... More
  • Oh heavens, how I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm—that’s all. I... More
  • We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a cheque every month, and hoped he’d... More
  • Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week’s.... More
  • There aren’t any good, brave causes left. If the big bang does come, and we all get killed off,... More
  • The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first... More
  • Miss Western: Tell me, child, what objections can you have to the young gentleman?
    Sophie: A... More
  • Miss Western: Well, unless I am deceived, my niece is desperately in love.
    Squire Western: In... More
  • Damn me, what a misery it is to have daughters when a man has a good mare and dogs. More
  • In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea. More
  • Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love except upon the stage. More
  • It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man’s desire. Indeed it will—in a dull man. More
  • Tom had always thought that any woman was better than none, while Molly never felt that one man... More
  • It is not true that drink changes a man’s character. It may reveal it more clearly. More
  • Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God... More

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