Bernard Levin
Bernard Levin
Henry Bernard Levin CBEwas an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by The Times as "the most famous journalist of his day". The son of a poor Jewish family in London, he won a scholarship to the independent school Christ's Hospital and went on to the London School of Economics, graduating in 1952. After a short spell in a lowly job at the BBC selecting press cuttings for use in programmes, he secured a post as a junior member of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 August 1928
cancer effort prevention
Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.
advances cancer diagnosis includes mortality prevention reduce suffering treatment
Prevention is very broad. It is not just prevention of cancer development, but includes advances in diagnosis and treatment that reduce suffering and mortality from the disease.
absurdity amount believe deter manifest
No amount of manifest absurdity . . . could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
believe manifest absurdity
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
thinking liberty poverty
Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be tempted to think as much, let us remind ourselves that totalitarianism not only extinguishes liberty but institutionalises poverty as well
faults debt lenders
It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.
mad firsts
Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.
patient metaphor cures
The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result.
exercise power desire
The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.
dog pain war
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?
foxes stags mentality
The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.
weather childhood remember
I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.
government self people
If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.
blow men noses
Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.