London Perceived Quotes

“Your successes were never due to your brains. You achieved them because you have “character.”
― V.S. Pritchett, London Perceived

“As Londoners, we are – you see – drama itself and have no reason to whip ourselves up into states with sirens and altercations. We like the police to be quiet, the ambulances discreet, and the fire engines jolly.”
― V.S. Pritchett, London Perceived

“The attitude to foreigners is like the attitude to dogs: dogs are neither human nor British, but so long as you keep them under control, give them their exercise, feed them, pat them, you will find their wild emotions are amusing, and their characters interesting.”
― V.S. Pritchett, London Perceived

“The law is a tedious profession and is relieves the boredom by its own little comedies”
― V.S. Pritchett, London Perceived

“The men vanish, but toasts, prayers - and property – remains.”
― V.S. Pritchett, London Perceived