If the devil were to offer me a resurgence of what is commonly called virility, Id decline. Just keep my liver and lungs in good working order, Id reply, so I can go on drinking and smoking! – Luis Bunuel
The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time. – Luis Bunuel
God and Country are an unbeatable team; they break all records for oppression and bloodshed. – Luis Bunuel
Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether. – Luis Bunuel
Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgins lot. – Arnold Bennett