James Merrill
American poet
Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, was an English author and academic.
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About the Malcolm Bradbury
Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, was an English author and academic.
8 Quotes by Malcolm Bradbury
- 1.
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 2.
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 3.
Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 4.
If God had been a liberal, we wouldn’t have had the Ten Commandments – we’d have the Ten Suggestions.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 5.
My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 6.
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 7.
You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)
- 8.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
Malcolm BradburyEnglish author and academic (1932-2000)