John O'Farrell > Quotes

“Some in Westminster have talked about her receiving a state funeral when she dies, which seems a bizarre sort of tribute to someone who believed the state should do as little as possible. It would be far more appropriate to allow competitive bids from private companies to run the funeral arrangements. 'And we now go over live to Westminster, where state leaders are lining up for Lady Thatcher's funeral sponsored by McDonald's. And there we see the coffin respectfully borne on the shoulders of six part-time burger-flippers dressed in the official Ronald McDonald costume, before the private cremation when the body will be flame-grilled with gherkins and a slice of cheese.'

It's what she would have wanted.”
― John O'Farrell

“the sense of separateness from the rest of the world, as if everyone else knew the part they were playing but I’d never been given a script.”
― John O'Farrell, The Man Who Forgot His Wife

“Like the two trees in our garden that had grown side by side, their trunks intertwining over the decades to accommodate and support one another.”
― John O'Farrell, The Man Who Forgot His Wife

“British car strikes reduce production of Austin Allegros and Morris Marinas. Rest of world copes.”
― John O'Farrell, An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain: or Sixty Years of Making the Same Stupid Mistakes as Always

“Every progressive man agrees there should be more women in politics, and the first step to making this happen is electing him”
― John O'Farrell, Family Politics

“Jesteś tak przydatny jak pomoc Microsoftu.”
― John O'Farrell, May Contain Nuts