Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Anthony Sampson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British writer Anthony Sampson.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Anthony Sampson

Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson was a British writer and journalist. His most notable and successful book was Anatomy of Britain, which was published in 1962 and was followed by five more "Anatomies", updating the original book under various titles. He was the grandson of the linguist John Sampson, of whom he wrote a biography, The Scholar Gypsy: The Quest For A Family Secret (1997). He also gave Nelson Mandela advice on Mandela's famous 1964 defence speech at the trial which led to his conviction for life.

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.
In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee. — © Anthony Sampson
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.
It has been the bankers' destiny ... to find themselves on the dangerous edge of the world, pointing up the contradictions and cross-purposes. They are not often loved for it.
Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as 'Call Me God') to KCMG ('Kindly Call Me God') to .. the GCMG ('God Calls Me God').
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