Quotes from Bernard Levin

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

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'.

I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

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?

In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

The persistence of public officials varies inversely with the importance of the matter on which they are persisting.

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?