Bernard Levin Quotes


"No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing."
- Bernard Levin
(Related: Absurdity)

"Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'."
- Bernard Levin
(Related: Men, Noses, Now, Will, World)

"What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?"
- Bernard Levin
(Related: Architecture, War, Pain, World, World war)

"Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all."
- Bernard Levin
(Related: Man, Vote, Will)