Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. Graham Greene challengechampagnedetector Change image and share on social
Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are. Graham Greene lifethriller Change image and share on social
The world doesn't make any heroes anymore. Graham Greene anymoreheromake Change image and share on social
A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority. Graham Greene laughsolitarysuperiority Change image and share on social
Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years. Graham Greene accumulatechilddark Change image and share on social
He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we really belong. Graham Greene belongfeelfelt Change image and share on social
Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing. Graham Greene beinggovernmenthuman Change image and share on social
The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. Graham Greene carefuleconomyhousewife Change image and share on social
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! Graham Greene brotherlyclockcuckoo Change image and share on social