Creative Quotations from John Mortimer (1923-2009)

Creative Quotations from . . .

John Mortimer
(1923-2009) born on Apr 21

English novelist, playwright, barrister. He wrote a hugely popular series with a masterfully conceived character (Horace Rumpole) - irascible, anti-authority, fiercely independent, and politically incorrect.

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I think I'm thoroughly in favour of Mrs. Thatcher's visit to the Falklands. I find a bit of hesitation, though, about her coming back.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

Attack the medical evidence. Remember the jury's full of rheumatism and arthritis and shocking gastric troubles. They love to see a medical man put through it.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Any Questions?," (BBC radio program)
R:	On conformist society in Great Britain in the 1970s, "TV Guide," 18 Oct 86
A:
N:	Haverford Downs, in Summer's Lease, pt. 2, ch. 3 (1988).
K:	In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.