Nevil Shute Quotations

Without work men are utterly undone

Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you're going to lose before you start. It's fun just playing them.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today.

The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me.

It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.

Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.

I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it?

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.