E.C. Bentley Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By E.C. Bentley
There are some places which, seen for the first time, yet seem to strike a chord of recollection. "I have been here before," we think to ourselves, "and this is one of my true homes." It is no mystery for those philosophers who hold that all which we shall see, with all which we have seen and are seeing, exists already in an eternal now; that all those places are home to us which in the pattern of our life are twisting, in past, present and future, tendrils of remembrance round our heart-strings. — E.C. Bentley
Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? — E.C. Bentley
I know, if anyone does - all research workers know - how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese. They have to be, because a lot of us can't take anything seriously unless you make it dull for them. — E.C. Bentley
George theThird Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. — E.C. Bentley
Sir James Jeans
Always says what he means
He is really perfectly serious
About the Universe being Mysterious. — E.C. Bentley
Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. Said to have been written as a schoolboy during a chemistry class at St. Paul's School. — E.C. Bentley
That is almost the definition of any friendship that is worthwhile - that we don't care a damn how you behave yourself. — E.C. Bentley
Sir Christopher Wren
Said, "I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St. Paul's. — E.C. Bentley
Mr. Cupples came out of his reverie. "I think," he said, "I will have milk and soda-water." "Speak lower!" urged Trent. "The head-waiter has a weak heart, and he might hear you. — E.C. Bentley