Alan Patrick Herbert Quotes

Alan Patrick Herbert — British Novelist born on September 24, 1890, died on November 11, 1971

Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH , also known as A. P. Herbert or simply A. P. H., was an English humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist who served as an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford University from the 1935 general election to the 1950 general election, when university constituencies were abolished... (wikipedia)

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.

Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it.

If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.