Quotes by Auberon Waugh

About Auberon Waugh:

Auberon Alexander Waugh was an English journalist, and eldest son of Evelyn Waugh. He was widely known by his nickname Bron.
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Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.

Auberon Waugh

Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.

Auberon Waugh

Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech.

Auberon Waugh

Rather to my surprise, I found myself genuinely indignant at the suggestion that murder was to be reintroduced as a means of political advancement for the first time since the Tudors, and even more indignant that the legal and political establishment...

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Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.

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My own attitude to the innumerable injustices of life has always been a philosophical one, especially when they have tended to operate in my favour.

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Christmas has become a public affirmation of the power and benignity of the state, to which we all make obeisance in the sybolism of the breath test ceremony.

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In their quest for power and self-importance, to compensate for whatever feelings of social inadequacy or sexual insecurity, they (Politicians)are prepared to perpetrate something which is hard to distinguish from mass murder if they think they can g...

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I was shocked to read that Lord Ferrers, a Home Office minister, when booked for speeding and presented with a £40 fixed penalty with three penalty points, them wrote to the Suffolk police to thank them for catching him. There is a sickness in Engla...

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Author Bio

  • NameAuberon Waugh
  • DescriptionAuthor
  • BornNovember 17, 1939
  • DiedJanuary 16, 2001
  • ProfessionJournalist