Quotes by : Tony Hendra

Like the rest of Holy Week, Easter is also a terrific story. It starts as tragedy: the hero broken and....

History was not simply a catalogue of the dead and buried and benighted, but rather a vast new world....

The Offices rerooted me in a tradition where, monk or not, I would always be at home. From long ago I....

You see, dear—I think there are two types of people in the world. Those who divide the world up into....

It sounds to me, dear, as if your satirist is a bit like a monk. They both take a rather dim view of....

Remember: God's grief at the unspeakable things we do to one another is beyond measuring, but so is His....

Needing attention is a p-p-powerful force in the world, isn't it?""Absolutely. Most people would think....

If my belief in the God-force-principle-thing had faltered from time to time, it was completely reaffirmed....

History was a way to live extra lives, to cheat the limits of flesh and blood, to roll the rock back....

Feelings trap us in the self, Tony dear. Doing a thing because you feel wonderful about it—even a work....