Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Alexei Sayle

Quote by Alexei Sayle

“Also a fan of being inscrutable, Franco once said, 'You are a the slave of what you say and the master of what you don't say.' He might have added that that approach isn't always guaranteed to work. If you attempt, for example, to be sphinx-like, mysterious and enigmatic when you get to the front of a long queue at the chip shop, you do risk being punched quite hard in the back of the head.”

Quote by Alexei Sayle

Work

Stalin Ate My Homework

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Alexei Sayle
Alexei Sayle

Alexei Sayle is a British comedian, writer, and television presenter. Known for his distinctive humor style and profound insights into social phenomena, Sayle was born on August 7, 1952. He began his career in the 1970s and has achieved significant success in the British comedy scene. more

You May Also Like

“La vida oficial és un fàstic. La dictadura tot ho contamina, i quan algú mínimament neutral o moderadament refractari al Règim arriba a ostentar un càrrec oficial, la butaca li infecta els baixos amb els seus efluvis pestilents, que li amaren els glutis i penetren pel forat del cul per anar-se apoderant del seu cos i de la seva ànima, per dintre i per fora. Viure a l'Espanya de Franco és com tenir cagarrines, pare paret. No saps mai quan hauràs de córrer.”

“The world is a show and the show is a performance of the wealthy, the beautiful and the fortunate. The invulnerable, the matchless and the exclusive live a life like dazzling fish in a scintillating seascape behind glass. Everybody may admire them, but nobody can touch them. ( “Keeping up with the Joneses” )”

“Besides the local residents, Meraud frequently entertained visitors from other parts of the world. There was an extremely eccentric Spanish marquise, a royalist who had fled Franco and was plotting the return of the monarchy to Spain. She was an aggressive lesbian who seemed to expect Meraud to provide her with a female companion. Meraud balked at this, complaining that she had no intention of procuring for any of her guests. One day the marquise showed me the jacket of a book she had written about the Spanish War under a male pseudonym, featuring a photo of the marquise cross-dressed as a man, with a fake mustache to enhance the illusion.”