Bernard Levin quotes

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)
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? View quote
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No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing. View quote
Bernard Levin
Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it. View quote
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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'. View quote
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Stealthily the computer advanced, vanguard of the technological revolution, hailed as the cure for all mankind's ills and denounced as the baleful force which would first enslave and then destroy us all. View quote
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My work, in which I have had much success, as the world counts success; the causes, great and small, in which I have laboured; the varied passions I have chronicled in this book; as soon as the comparison is made, the answer is plain. View quote
Bernard Levin
But once upon a time, we could play shove ha'penny, and read a penny dreadful, and sing a song of sixpence, and take the King's shilling; and once upon a time even further in the past, five sparrows could be bought for two farthings, and yet not be forgotten. Somehow, the transaction would not have had the same effect if the sparrows had been sold for two pee. View quote
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But it is silly to brand liquor as the cause of alcoholic self-destruction, when far more deep-rooted psychological problems are responsible, with drink (and now, of course, drugs) being only the means. View quote
Bernard Levin