Penelope Gilliatt Quotes

• People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Silly, Anger, Mean

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• Movies have now reached the same stage as sex - it's all technique and no feeling.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Movie, Sex, Feelings

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• A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Knowing, Bravery, Satire

  Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

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• Prague is like a vertical Venice steps everywhere.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Venice, Prague, Steps

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• The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Humor, Spirit, Comedy

  Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

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• Rosalia is dressed in raven clothes forty years too old for her, so that she seems to be in mourning for her life.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Years, Ravens, Clothes

  Penelope Gilliatt (1980). “Three-Quarter Face: Reports & Reflections”, Coward McCann

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• Great comedy calls large matters into question.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Matter, Comedy, Great Comedy

  Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

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• jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Humor, Comedy, Moments

  Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

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• Why is it that beautiful women never seem to have curiosity? Is it because they know they're classical? With classical things the Lord finished the job. Ordinary ugly people know they're deficient and they go on looking for the pieces.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Beautiful, Jobs, People

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• Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Movie, Black And White, Color

  Penelope Gilliatt (1980). “Three-Quarter Face: Reports & Reflections”, Coward McCann

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• [On Watermelon Man:] ... it is impossible to look at this film without its giving you a share in its insane bad taste, which is rather companionable of it.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Men, Giving, Insane

  Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

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• [On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Bees, Sometimes, Seems

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• La diversión es el comodín de la baraja.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Humor, Cards, Funniness

  Penelope Gilliatt (1990). “To wit: skin and bones of comedy”, Scribner

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• It [humor] inhabits the marginal.

  Penélope Gilliatt

  Humor

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