Famous Clive James Quotes

  • The childish urge to understand everything doesn’t necessarily fade when the time approaches for you to do the most adult thing of all: vanish. – Clive James

    The childish urge to understand everything doesn’t necessarily fade when the time approaches for you to do the most adult thing of all: vanish.– Clive James

  • Democracy is even more important for what it prevents than for what it provides. – Clive James

    Democracy is even more important for what it prevents than for what it provides.– Clive James

  • All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power. – Clive James

    All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.– Clive James

  • Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. – Clive James

    Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.– Clive James