Inlaws and Outlaws Quotes

“Where's the point in undergoing a serious operation if you can't boast about it now and then.”
― John B. Keane, Inlaws and Outlaws

“Should people who fall in love for the first time be made to wear badges? The answer, of course, is yes although I will not go into all the reasons. One or two will suffice. The wearing of a love badge might remind crusty and intolerant old fogies that they too were in love and it might make us all more tolerant of a disorder from which no one at all is immune.”
― John B. Keane, Inlaws and Outlaws

“Trouble my dear readers is everywhere. We are all in this world to bear our share of it and we must not be surprised when those who inflict it appear suddenly as though out of nowhere.”
― John B. Keane, Inlaws and Outlaws

“I am a man of many in-laws and I would be obliged to concede that only ten per cent or less are troublesome and less than five per cent are truly perverted. Not a bad ratio at all...”
― John B. Keane, Inlaws and Outlaws

“The idea often occurred to me that long tedious meetings might easily be subverted by having all chairs removed beforehand. All the participants would be forced to stand regardless of their sex or size and in this way the meeting would come to an end at a reasonable hour... It's the only known method of circumventing large, ponderous bores and there's no better antidote for curbing compulsive talkers. Inevitably somebody is bound to ask why there are no chairs but this can be neatly included under Any Other Business or if the chairman is tough enough he can rule the question is out of order.”
― John B. Keane, Inlaws and Outlaws