J. B. Priestley - Feel Quotes

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Shaw presumes that his friend Stalin has everything under control. Well, Stalin may have made special arrangements to see that Shaw comes to no harm, but the rest of us in Western Europe do not feel quite so sure of our fate, especially those of us who do not share Shaw's curious admiration for dictators.

J. B. Priestley

But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin gourmets. There is, we feel, a decent area somewhere between boiled carrots and Beluga caviare, sour plonk and Chateau Lafitte, where we can take care of our gullets and bellies without worshipping them.

J. B. Priestley

The Theatre is no place to think in. You can think much better quietly at home. An intelligent book will make more people think than the most exquisite production of the finest play. But what the dramatist can do... is to make his audience feel.

J. B. Priestley