Alan Bennett Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

12 Famous Quotes by Alan Bennett
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“Life is rather like a tin of sardines, we're all of us looking for the key.”
Key Quotes
“Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.”
Books and reading Quotes
“This symposium will highlight the surprisingly diverse and positive role that cocoa can potentially play in improving public health and reinvigorating endangered tropical ecosystems. It also underscores the impact that collaborative efforts among public and private sector scientists can have in a relatively short time.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Life is rather like a tin of sardines, we're all of us looking for the key”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Life is like a box of sardines and we are all looking for the key”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“No mention of God. They keep Him up their sleeves for as long as they can, vicars do. They know it puts people off.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint. I was programmed to be a novelist or a playwright. But I'm not.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
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