A. P. Herbert Quotes

The Farmer will never be happy again;
He carries his heart in his boots;
For either the rain is destroying his grain
Or the drought is destroying his roots.

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.

The laws were very comical; to bet was voted lax,
But your betting was the only thing that nobody could tax.

The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.

Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.

Bus driver, bus driver, the sirens have gone,
The bombs may come down, but the buses go on;
Bus driver, I know you won't think me a snob</br>If I whisper: "Bus driver, I don't want your job".