Quote #13

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

More from A. P. Herbert

  1. People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
  2. A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been prov…
  3. It cannot be too clearly understood that this is not a free country, and it will be an evil day for the legal profession when it is.
  4. The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.
  5. It is like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock, which not only is itself discredited but casts a shade of doubt over all previous assert…
  6. The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. He does not play cricket because it is a good game, but because it creates …
  7. Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actio…
  8. 'Was the cow crossed?' 'No, your worship, it was an open cow.'

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