“All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren’t respectable live beyond other people’s. A few gifted individuals manage to do both.”
― “The Match-Maker”
Quotes
“Other people’s dreams…”
“Other people’s dreams are about as universally interesting as accounts of other people’s gardens, or chickens, or children.”
― “A Bread And Butter Miss”
“I think she must have been very strictly brought up…”
“I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she’s so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.”
― “Reginald on Worries”
“We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth…”
“We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart.”― The Unbearable Bassington
“Saki’s stories are highly relevant…”
“Saki’s stories are highly relevant to any society in which convention is confused with morality, and all societies confuse convention with morality, so he’ll always be relevant.”― Will Self
“Scandal is merely…”
“Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.”
― ‘Reginald at the Carlton’
“A little inaccuracy…”
“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.”
― “The Square Egg”
”Hors d’oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me…”
“Hors d’œuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one’s childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like — and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d’œuvres.”
― ‘Reginald at the Carlton’
“I’m living so far beyond my means…”
“I’m living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart.”
― The Unbearable Bassington
“It occurred to me that I would like to be a poet…”
“It occurred to me that I would like to be a poet. The chief qualification, I understand, is that you must be born. Well, I hunted up my birth certificate, and found that I was all right on that score.”
― ‘Reginald’s Rubaiyat’