“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while seated on the lavatory, waiting in doctors' surgeries, on stationary trains or watching interviews with politicians, they may have something interesting to think about.” ThinkingWorldShouldMayChildrenWaitingInterestingEducationPoliticianDoctorsAimTrainInterviewsSurgeryAnthologySomething InterestingStationaryAim Of Education Author:John Mortimer
“Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.” WorldPersonsPeacefulMurderer Author:John Mortimer
“The greatest horrors of our world are committed by people who are totally sincere.” PeopleWorldHorrorCommittedSincereOur World Author:John Mortimer
“We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.” WorldMayAmericaModernModern WorldScum Author:John Mortimer
“I found criminal clients easy and matrimonial clients hard. Matrimonial clients hate each other so much and use their children to hurt each other in beastly ways. Murderers have usually killed the one person in the world that was bugging them and they're usually quite peaceful and agreeable.” WorldWayChildrenPersonsHardUseHateFoundEasyHurtCriminalsPeacefulClientsMurdererBeastly Author:John Mortimer