Lawrence Jordan famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Get up now and go and find Robert Kilroy-Silk. Smile in a warm, friendly sort of way, then punch him on the nose. Now go and find Robert on television, despite my best endeavours, this is still relatively easy to do. Wait for a close-up, same smile, and punch him on the nose. If you followed the instructions carefully, you will have noticed a distinct difference. On the one hand, you were suffused with a sense of public-spirited righteousness; on the other, you're probably dribbling blood. That's the difference between reality in life and reality on television.

  • I'd like to set things straight, a few more people should be pulling their weight.

  • Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

  • Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'

  • Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.

  • God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.

  • Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.

  • Their guilt made me eloquent because I was not its victim.

  • I don't like to play the victim.

  • Some 70 percent of Americans donated to Katrina victims.