Top 68 Quotes by James Buchan

About James Buchan

These are some quotes by British author James Buchan Novelist, who was born on June 11, 1954.

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

James Buchan

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

James Buchan

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in.

James Buchan

The great disadvantage of getting older is to be obliged to relive the salient economic events of one's youth, with nothing learned and nothing forgotten.

The great disadvantage of getting older is to be obliged to relive the salient economic events of one's youth, with nothing learned and nothing forgotten.

James Buchan

Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.

Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.

James Buchan

Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.

Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.

James Buchan

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

James Buchan

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

James Buchan

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

James Buchan

There are about 15 million Muslims in the EU. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution. They cannot be wished away. To impose Enlightenment freedoms is self-defeating. Anyway, the Muslims have their own enlightenment.

James Buchan

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