Harold Pinter
speech stratagem cover nakedness
“One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
remember never happen
“There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
know place true do connect space death me you
“I know the place
I know the place.
It is true.
Everything we do
Corrects the space
Between death and me
And you.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
distinction real unreal true false
“There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
life scholarship bother humorous tits
“When you lead a life of scholarship you can't be bothered with the humorous realities, you know, tits, that kind of thing.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
past remember imagine convince pretend
“The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
cricket great god sex
"I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
US America foreign policy kiss ass kick head language lie
"I suggest that US foreign policy can still be defined as "kiss my ass or I'll kick your head in." But of course it doesn't put it like that. It talks of "low intensity conflict..." What all this adds up to is a disease at the very centre of language, so that language becomes a permanent masquerade, a tapestry of lies."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
propaganda work dissent mocked
"It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
damn other people think business write
"I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
invasion Iraq blatant state terrorism contempt international law
"The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
destruction human people American collateral damage
"All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
USA America monstrous force world leash
"I believe the US is a truly monstrous force in the world, now off the leash for obvious reasons."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
rationality drain donkey year
"Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
crimes USA world systematic remorseless document silence
"The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
rules good lousy
"There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
USA america powerful nation world detestest known ever
"While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
Iraq symbol wester democracy attitude world
"Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
NATO war criminal
"I think that NATO is itself a war criminal."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
responsibility citizen country say think
"I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
press league government status quo
"Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
happening never
"It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn’t happening. It didn’t matter. It was of no interest."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
distinction real unreal true false truth
"There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
never happened crime USA manipulate power masquerade force
"It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn’t happening. It didn’t matter. It was of no interest. The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis."
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
crimes USA world systematic silence manipulation hypnosis
“The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them. You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.”
― Harold Pinter (1930-2008)