Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives.
Jeffrey BernardYou never see a pretty, unattached girl on a racecourse. But you often see positive gangs of rather unpretty ones. They are the owners or the owners' wives and they wear mink in all weathers and far too much make-up. For some odd reason, I can never work out why they always seem to be married to haulage contractors in the North, builders in the South and farmers in the West.
Jeffrey BernardI don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come across now.
Jeffrey BernardOh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day.
Jeffrey BernardThere's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.
Jeffrey BernardI have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse, a free trip to Chantilly, marriage, a large unsolicited loan, ten tips for a ten-horse race, two second-hand cars, a fight, and the copyright to a dying jockey's life story.
Jeffrey Bernard