The maddest phenomenon in this wholly mad world – that the filming or wirelessing of an event, whether it is the Grand National or an attack in force on the Maginot Line, is held to be of more importance than the event itself.
James AgateNew Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
James AgateI... wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain.
James AgateThe worst of failure of this kind is that it spoils the market for more competent performers.
James Agate