Quotes by Alan Patrick Herbert

A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
– Alan Patrick Herbert
I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. there must be some scum.
– Alan Patrick Herbert
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
– Alan Patrick Herbert
This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.
– Alan Patrick Herbert
Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.
– Alan Patrick Herbert
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
– Alan Patrick Herbert