Nevil Shute Quotes

It was a gambler's action, but his whole life had probably been made up of gambles; it could hardly ...

People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had,...

Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.

it was so beautiful', he said. 'the Three Pagodas Pass must be one of the loveliest places in the wo...

There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things dep...

You did not die when you were drawing public assistance money, but you certainly did not remain aliv...

If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But w...

I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly

You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.

You could have done something with newspapers. We didn't do it. No nation did, because we were all t...