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John Osborne quotes

English Playwright December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994

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Jimmy: One day, when I'm no longer spending my days running a sweet-stall, I may write a book about us all. It's all here. (slapping his forehead) Written in flames a mile high. And it won't be recollected in tranquillity either, picking daffodils with Auntie Wordsworth. It'll be recollected in fire, and blood. My blood. John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had..."
Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years. John Osborne
Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse. John Osborne
Jimmy: You'll end up like one of those chocolate merengues my wife is so fond of [Alison starts banging jars]...sweet and sticky on the outside, and sink your teeth in it [savouring every word]-inside, all white, messy and disgusting. [offering teapot sweetly to Helena] Milk? John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't..."
I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong. John Osborne
I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans. John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're..."
Why don't we have a little game? Let's pretend that we're human beings, and that we're actually alive. John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire...."
It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it will in a dull man. John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does..."
That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it? John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you..."
It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building."
Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. John Osborne
John Osborne quote: "A refined sort of butcher, a woman is."
A refined sort of butcher, a woman is. John Osborne

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