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Len Deighton
6 quotes
“The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, "Where did you get the watch?”
Len Deighton (1929–2026) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Funeral in Berlin (1964; repr. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966) pp. 144-5
“Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse.”
Len Deighton (1929–2026) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Funeral in Berlin (1964; repr. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966) p. 145
“Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.”
Len Deighton (1929–2026) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Expensive Place to Die, Jonathan Cape (1967) Ch. 39
“The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.”
Len Deighton (1929–2026) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: London Match (London: Hutchinson, 1985) p. 18
“...But love is like the measles; the later in life it affects you, the more severe the consequences" "Is there anything you can take for it?" "Only wedding vows”
Len Deighton (1929–2026) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Charity (1997; Harper Paperback, p. 280)
“When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.”
Len Deighton (1929–2026) first seen 1975 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eleven Declarations of War (London: Harcourt Brace, 1975) p. 11