"A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist."

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Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.

A. P. Herbert

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“My looks haven't prevented me from playing prostitutes or people broken by life. But when they need a token blonde with big breasts, that's OK, too. It's part of the game.”
“Maybe it is the media that has us divided.”
“Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.”
“The National Security Agencyâ€™s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesnâ€™t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”
“It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.”
“It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.”
“That's why I cut my hair so short. It was getting a little gray.”
“Art and literature need extreme sociality to a degree that even dolphins don't have. We are the only large mammalian species that has such intense sociality. There are some small mammals that have become eusocial - the mole rats - but that's a different thing. Humans are able to understand one another at very high levels, to cooperate in very large groups. Humans depend on one another in ways that are an absolute precondition to sharing the kinds of information that makes narrative possible.”

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