Joe Orton Quotes & Sayings

Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts. — Joe Orton

God is a gentleman. — Joe Orton

Cleanse my heart ... Give me the ability to rage correctly — Joe Orton

I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body. — Joe Orton

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum. — Joe Orton

You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin. — Joe Orton

People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures ... There's nothing incredible about it. — Joe Orton

There are fascinating possibilities in this situation. I'd get it down on paper if I were you. — Joe Orton

On our way home we were waiting for the bus when a very fat, pompous-looking woman reeled out of a pub shouting, Melancholia? Ad nauseam. — Joe Orton

The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility. — Joe Orton

Every luxury was lavished on you - atheism, breastfeeding, circumcision. — Joe Orton

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception. — Joe Orton

FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified. — Joe Orton

The humble and meek are thirsting for blood. — Joe Orton

With madness, as with vomit, it's the passerby who receives the inconvenience. — Joe Orton

I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair. — Joe Orton

Policemen, like red squirrels, must be protected. — Joe Orton

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste. — Joe Orton