Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Helen Cresswell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English writer Helen Cresswell.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Helen Cresswell

Helen Cresswell was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction. Her most popular book series, Lizzie Dripping and The Bagthorpe Saga, were also the basis for television series.

Machines are the opium of the masses. If all the machines in England were thrown into the North Sea tomorrow, we should be back in the Garden of Eden. And the weather would probably improve.
I got born in the wrong family.
The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning. — © Helen Cresswell
The only good reason for swimming, so far as I can see, is to escape drowning.
I am an idle devil. But at least I work at it.
There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.
A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely.
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