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John Mortimer quotes: A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism. A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.
John Mortimer quotes: Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied. Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.
John Mortimer quotes: Marriage is like pleading guilty to an indefinite sentence. Without parole. Marriage is like pleading guilty to an indefinite sentence. Without parole.
John Mortimer quotes: The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by people who are totally sincere The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by people who are totally sincere
John Mortimer quotes: The point at which beliefs meet may be more significant, more useful to contemplate, than their sources. The point at which beliefs meet may be more significant, more useful to contemplate, than their sources.
John Mortimer quotes: We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum. We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.
John Mortimer quotes: Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
John Mortimer quotes: She who must be obeyed, by Horace Rumpole character She who must be obeyed, by Horace Rumpole character
John Mortimer quotes: There is always time for failure. There is always time for failure.
John Mortimer quotes: She believed that, in an ideal world, the working class would rule the country, but she had no particular desire to ask any of them to tea. She believed that, in an ideal world, the working class would rule the country, but she had no particular desire to ask any of them to tea.
John Mortimer quotes: I sent out words like soldiers to battle and they never returned. I sent out words like soldiers to battle and they never returned.
John Mortimer quotes: No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
John Mortimer quotes: Loyalty to the school to which your parents pay to send you seemed to me like feeling loyalty to Selfridges. Loyalty to the school to which your parents pay to send you seemed to me like feeling loyalty to Selfridges.
John Mortimer quotes: All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting. All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.
John Mortimer quotes: Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable. Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.
John Mortimer quotes: We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol. We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.
John Mortimer quotes: The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed. The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed.
John Mortimer quotes: I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
John Mortimer quotes: To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph. To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.
John Mortimer quotes: Soapy Sam looked as though he had just sat down on a favourite armchair which had gone missing. Soapy Sam looked as though he had just sat down on a favourite armchair which had gone missing.
John Mortimer quotes: The only rule I have found to have any validity is writing is not to bore yourself. The only rule I have found to have any validity is writing is not to bore yourself.
John Mortimer quotes: I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument. I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.
John Mortimer quotes: What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own. What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.
John Mortimer quotes: I don't think you ever feel a success really because everything could always be done better than you've done it ... I don't think you ever feel a success really because everything could always be done better than you've done it ...
John Mortimer quotes: The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt. The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.
John Mortimer quotes: I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.
John Mortimer quotes: The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper. The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper.
John Mortimer quotes: The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech. The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
John Mortimer quotes: Rumpole, you must move with the times.""If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them. Rumpole, you must move with the times."
"If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them.
John Mortimer quotes: Success is good for the character. Success is good for the character.
John Mortimer quotes: It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene. It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.
John Mortimer quotes: What on earth was Henry talking about?''His soul. I wonder where he keeps it. What on earth was Henry talking about?'
'His soul. I wonder where he keeps it.

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