Alan Patrick Herbert era umorista, scrittore, attivista, drammaturgo.
“Don't let's go to the dogs tonight,
For mother will be there.”
"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight", She-Shanties (1926).
“Was the cow crossed?"
"No, your worship, it was an open cow.”
"The Negotiable Cow".
Uncommon Law (1935)
“Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.”
"What Is a Judge?"
Uncommon Law (1935)
“The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.”
"Is Marriage Lawful?"
Uncommon Law (1935)
"Seeing It Through", London Transport poster by Eric Kennington (1944).
"Lines for a Worthy Person", Ballads for Broadbrows (1930).
"Seeing It Through", London Transport poster by Eric Kennington (1944).
“Let's stop somebody from doing something!
Everybody does too much.”
"Let's Stop Somebody from Doing Something", Ballads for Broadbrows (1930).
“The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravity
Are constructed with considerable care.”
"Lines on a Book Borrowed from the Ship's Doctor", A. P. H.: His Life and Times (1970).
Speech to Parliament, 1930s; quoted by Bernard Levin in The Pendulum Years (1970).
"Poor Old Britain", Leave My Old Morale Alone (1948).
“A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.”
"Is 'Highbrow' Libellous?"
Uncommon Law (1935)
“For I must write to The Times tonight, and save the world from sin.”
"The Saviours", Laughing Ann (1925).
