Compton Mackenzie Quotes & Sayings

As the tissues of the body fester and rot under X rays, so under the sun fester and rot Anglo-Saxonism and Teutonism and Scandinavianism if left too long beneath its influence. — Compton Mackenzie

It is only to the sentimentalist over some tame midland prospect that man appears vile. In Sirene he holds his own with the sublime eccentricity of the natural scene. In Sirene he lives. — Compton Mackenzie

Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams — Compton Mackenzie

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. — Compton Mackenzie

The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal. — Compton Mackenzie

Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast. — Compton Mackenzie

For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort. — Compton Mackenzie

One is so apt nowadays to regard even one's own motives and actions during the War with a contemptuous cynicism that it is as well to remind oneself of emotions which were profoundly and sincerely felt. — Compton Mackenzie

You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchief and sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like a wet one. — Compton Mackenzie

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen — Compton Mackenzie

Oh, my dear, how too marvelous! I've longed all my life to eat a flamingo. — Compton Mackenzie