01c. 1955 ADWedged as we are between two eternities of idleness, there is no excuse for being idle now.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
02c. 1955 ADSo we got hold of him and cracked him with a few good horrorshow tolchocks, but he still went on singing.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
03c. 1955 ADGoodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
04c. 1955 ADYou've sinned, I suppose, but your punishment has been out of all proportion. They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have no power of choice any longer. You are committed to socially acceptable acts, a little machine capable only of good.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
05c. 1955 ADThe heresy of an age of reason. I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
06c. 1955 ADI was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
09c. 1955 ADJohn Kenneth Galbraith and Marshall McLuhan are the two greatest modern Canadians that the U.S. has produced.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
10c. 1955 ADWithout class differences England would cease to be the living theatre it is.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
11c. 1955 ADThe downtrodden who are the great creators of slang hurl pithiness and colour at poverty and oppression.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
14c. 1955 ADWomen thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.Anthony Burgess / quote ↗
