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My own attitude to the innumerable injustices of life has always been a philosophical one, especially when they have tended to operate in my favour.
— Auberon Waugh
Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law
— Auberon Waugh
History, having destroyed the religion as the opium of the people, now requires that they be given a taste of the real stuff.
— Auberon Waugh
At any rate it seems unlikely that there is any truth in the rumour as I have just this moment invented it.
— Auberon Waugh
Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
— Walter Murch
The price of privilege is eternal vigilance.
— Auberon Waugh
I see humans but no humanity.
— Jason Donohue
I don't suppose there has been a moment in the world's history where more people felt themselves to be artists, of when less art was produced.
— Auberon Waugh
Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish: it can only add a second atrocity to the original one.
— Auberon Waugh
The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
— Robert A. Heinlein
I love my mom and dad.
— Taylor Momsen
Herr Kafka, essen Sie keine Eier." (As one and only piece of dialog K recalls from his meeting with Rudolf Steiner - "Mr. Kafka don't eat eggs.
— Franz Kafka
Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.
— Auberon Waugh
He looked like the victim of a forceps delivery.
— Auberon Waugh
Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.
— Auberon Waugh
Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.
— Auberon Waugh
I've never fully understood how Christianity became quite so tame and respectable, given its origins among drunkards, prostitutes, and tax collectors.
— Nadia Bolz-Weber
My own theory is that the spectacle of the homeless may be necessary to keep the rest of us on the straight and narrow ...
— Auberon Waugh
The main objection to killing people as a punishment ... is that killing people is wrong
— Auberon Waugh
Empathy is a character trait which ennobles a man.
— Kristian Goldmund Aumann
Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.
— Auberon Waugh
You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.
— Auberon Waugh
I should imagine that in my time I have eaten enough horses to provide a royal escort.
— Auberon Waugh
Happiness to me is simply not being unhappy.
— Jasper Carrott