It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adop...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE He was not only a bore; he bored for England.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then th...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people co...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to g...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. - The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropi...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Concluding a series on the person of Jesus: Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God ha...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Concluding a short series about the early church: The early Christians... enjoyed the inestimabl...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary As out of Jesus' affliction came a new ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The various moral and theological and sociological disputes of the day, however progressively resolv...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Continuing a series on the person of Jesus: When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The Christian religion finds expression thus, in the love of those who love Christ, more comprehensi...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE There's nothing is this world more instinctively abhorrent to me than finding myself in agreement wi...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The most terrible thing about materialism, even more terrible than its proneness to violence, is its...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Civilization -- a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, lick...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their vacuity.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still m...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live u...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the mos...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still m...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, t...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE For as we abolish the ills and pains of the flesh we multiply those of the mind, so by the time mank...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE like trying a man's finger for having pulled the trigger of a gun which murdered someone.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE The first thing I remember about the world...is that I was a stranger in it. This feeling, which is ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE A pornography of the will
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Only dead fish swim with the stream
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.
MALCOM MUGGERIDGE The first day has been pretty good for us. We made some adjustments to prepare our bike and results ...
KARL MUGGERIDGE A terrible weekend in the office, but at least in the second race we had the bike a lot better. We m...
KARL MUGGERIDGE There was a message that said something like 'Ryan couldn't wait'. I'm like, 'What does that mean?',...
KARL MUGGERIDGE It was no good really. I struggled from beginning to end. Something is wrong with the bike and we da...
KARL MUGGERIDGE It could have been worse because my fast lap in regular qualifying was second fastest of all and tha...
KARL MUGGERIDGE We did a race simulation, and it was pretty good. The only other thing we could have done is make th...
KARL MUGGERIDGE In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
MALCOLM X I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
MALCOLM MCLAREN A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.
MALCOLM GLADWELL America preaches integration and practices segregation.
MALCOLM X You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by th...
MALCOLM X Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divor...
MALCOLM TURNBULL To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.
MALCOLM GETS I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do ...
MALCOLM GLADWELL Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to...
MALCOLM TURNBULL I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I...
MALCOLM TURNBULL The way to lose weight is to eat less, so I ate a lot less for a month and lost a lot of weight pret...
MALCOLM TURNBULL Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if the...
MALCOLM TURNBULL Mitt Romney speaking to a $50,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser says he doesn't have to worry ab...
MALCOLM TURNBULL There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press re...
MALCOLM TURNBULL If Margaret Thatcher took climate change seriously and believed that we should take action to reduce...
MALCOLM TURNBULL China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.
MALCOLM TURNBULL The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that&#...
MALCOLM TURNBULL I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we nee...
MALCOLM TURNBULL I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make su...
MALCOLM TURNBULL I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of ...
MALCOLM TURNBULL It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the hones...
MALCOLM TURNBULL It's not a 24-hour news cycle, it's a 60-second news cycle now, it's instantaneous. It h...
MALCOLM TURNBULL The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matte...
MALCOLM TURNBULL When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it&#...
MALCOLM TURNBULL In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once ...
MALCOLM TURNBULL Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Through all aspects of society be it art, design, the financial markets, government, technology or c...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I never intended for the Sex Pistols to be immeasurably successful.
MALCOLM MCLAREN I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that yo...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've ju...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I left school at 16 and my mother got me a job as a trainee wine taster. But one day I followed some...
MALCOLM MCLAREN The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
MALCOLM MCLAREN Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
MALCOLM MCLAREN I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Don't kill the golden goose.
MALCOLM MCLAREN Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn righ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may ch...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I love doing every role I do!
MALCOLM MCDOWELL You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limi...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL There are no great scripts - just great films.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there'...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just on...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL If you dunk your head in cold water, you can't stay under for more than five seconds. I mean, th...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherw...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconi...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I'm not quite as buoyant as I was in my youth.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are jus...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try ...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous inte...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out ...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
MALCOLM LOWRY War is being declared tomorrow here so perhaps you can understand that I have been working under dif...
MALCOLM LOWRY Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
MALCOLM LOWRY Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the t...
MALCOLM LOWRY An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little...
MALCOLM GLADWELL The underdog winning is the romantic position.
MALCOLM GLADWELL Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability...
MALCOLM GLADWELL As a writer, the best mindset is to be unafraid.
MALCOLM GLADWELL The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he...
MALCOLM GLADWELL The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petul...
MALCOLM GLADWELL I have profoundly mixed feelings about the Affordable Care Act. What I love about it is its impulse....
MALCOLM GLADWELL In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles - a physi...
MALCOLM GLADWELL What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't jud...
MALCOLM GLADWELL You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly peo...
MALCOLM GLADWELL Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technol...
MALCOLM GLADWELL It's very hard to find someone who's successful and dislikes what they do.
MALCOLM GLADWELL If you go to an elite school where the other students in your class are all really brilliant, you ru...
MALCOLM GLADWELL I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man...
MALCOLM GETS I was on a series for a number of years, and I got very used to only doing a mini-play per week. Whe...
MALCOLM GETS Once you have a central character who announces in the first five minutes of the show that he feels ...
MALCOLM GETS For me, the most effective cabaret evenings have been some of the most personal ones, where the perf...
MALCOLM GETS I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York...
MALCOLM GETS I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everyb...
MALCOLM GETS People die because they find living too painful.
MALCOLM FRASER Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.
MALCOLM FRASER If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropr...
MALCOLM FRASER Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical c...
MALCOLM FRASER Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it woul...
MALCOLM FRASER Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making...
MALCOLM FRASER Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State a...
MALCOLM FRASER In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of...
MALCOLM FRASER Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years...
MALCOLM FRASER We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people fac...
MALCOLM FRASER Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requi...
MALCOLM FRASER Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
MALCOLM FRASER There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
MALCOLM FRASER Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else mus...
MALCOLM FRASER Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
MALCOLM FORBES The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
MALCOLM FORBES If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
MALCOLM FORBES To measure the man, measure his heart.
MALCOLM FORBES Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you a...
MALCOLM FORBES Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
MALCOLM FORBES If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.
MALCOLM FORBES If you never budge, don't expect a push.
MALCOLM FORBES Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lo...
MALCOLM FORBES When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
MALCOLM FORBES If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleague...
MALCOLM FORBES When you cease to dream you cease to live.
MALCOLM FORBES It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
MALCOLM FORBES Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
MALCOLM FORBES Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, ...
MALCOLM FORBES Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.
MALCOLM FORBES Failure is success if we learn from it.
MALCOLM FORBES It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.
MALCOLM FORBES Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections.
MALCOLM FORBES The best vision is insight.
MALCOLM FORBES The news comes somewhat late, but I'm glad to hear it nevertheless.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating ...
MALCOLM BRADBURY My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds...
MALCOLM BRADBURY You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.
MALCOLM BRADBURY If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Sug...
MALCOLM BRADBURY Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
MALCOLM BRADBURY Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular f...
MALCOLM ARNOLD Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep...
MALCOLM ARNOLD Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there ...
MALCOLM ARNOLD Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battl...
MALCOLM TURNBULL