Graham Greene Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Graham Greene quotes, Graham Greene sayings, and Graham Greene proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Switzerland is only bearable covered with snow...like some people are only bearable under a sheet. Graham Greene
I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. Graham Greene
He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return. Graham Greene
They sounded like truth but he rejected them. Comfort can come too easily: he thought, those hands will never hold my fall. Graham Greene
No building was safe from the furniture, the pictures, the human beings that it would presently contain. Graham Greene
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. Graham Greene
Some lies are just kindness. Graham Greene
Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it Graham Greene
In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. Graham Greene
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. Graham Greene
I slipped a bullet into a chamber and, holding the revolver behind my back, spun the chambers [cylinders] round... I put the muzzle... into my right ear and pulled the trigger. There was a minute click, and looking down at the chamber I could see that the charge [the bullet] had moved into the firing position. Graham Greene
Pity is cruel. Pity destroys. Graham Greene
Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor. Graham Greene
Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel. Graham Greene
There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief. Graham Greene
What do we ever get nowadays from reading to equal the excitement and revelation in those first fourteen years? Graham Greene
You can't blame the innocent; they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Graham Greene
Human nature is not black and white but black and grey. Graham Greene