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Margery Allingham
14 quotes
“Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Flowers for the Judge (1936) ch. 4.
“'A quotation's only a short neat way of sayin' somethin' everybody knows, like "It's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide."' (Italics in original)”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Fashion in Shrouds, New York: Felony & Mayhem, 2008, chapter six, p. 58 (Originally published in 1938)
“What attracted me the most of all to the detective story, was the protective covering offered to the author.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Telling the truth is the basis of all classic art.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be free takes a lot of time and trouble.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a nation, we English will fight and die for principles we cannot find time to teach in our free schools.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We, me and thee and the parson and all the other lads in the village constitute the public, and the politicians are our servants.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our ideal is the statesman who knows and loves his country and who never makes the mistake of underestimating his employer, either in intelligence or strength.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The unity of instinct and the universal belief in freedom for the individual which id the backbone of democracy is a very real thing in Britain today. We are not only fighting for it, it is our greatest weapon.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were times when I wished I had been 'prenticed to a different trade. I was putting in seven hours a day on it. It was an odd life I was always hoping that the end of one thriller would not overtake me before I had finished the other.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Few people can see God, and it seems an even bolder mind to see the Devil. Active evil is more incomprehensible than active good, and so it ought to be.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Courage is not herself enough. She cannot stand alone. She is a part, not a whole, a wife, not a man and wife. A well appreciated helpmeet.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is something very good in pride of race if you can be satisfied in your heart it is absolutely genuine and is based on things you have see, heard and felt rather than on those you have read.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What a period. What an age to have been alive in. Oh thank God I was born when I was.”
Margery Allingham (1904–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source