Malcolm Muggeridge Biography

Born asThomas Malcolm Muggeridge
Occup.Journalist
FromUnited Kingdom
BornMarch 24, 1903
Sanderstead, Surrey, England
DiedNovember 14, 1990
Aged87 years
Malcolm Muggeridge was an English reporter, writer, as well as media personality, best known for his works on national politics, culture, and also religious beliefs.

Muggeridge started his career as a journalist in the 1920s and benefited numerous papers as well as magazines in England, including The Guardian and The Night Criterion. He additionally functioned as a foreign reporter, reporting on occasions such as the Spanish Civil War and also World War II.

In the 1950s and also 1960s, Muggeridge came to be a popular media character, appearing on tv and also radio programs and composing a routine column for The Daily Telegraph. He was understood for his wit, bookishness, and also incisive commentary on a vast array of topics, from politics and also culture to religious beliefs as well as spirituality.

Muggeridge's religions played a significant duty in his later life, and he came to be a famous transform to Christianity in the 1960s. He composed thoroughly on the subject of religion as well as spirituality, as well as his writings on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ stay several of his most popular and enduring works.

Muggeridge was likewise recognized for his criticism of modern culture as well as its unwanteds, and he was an early opponent of the sexual change and also the counterculture of the 1960s. His sights on these and also various other subjects were questionable and often provoked solid responses from both supporters as well as opponents.

Despite his controversial sights, Muggeridge continued to be an appreciated and also significant figure in British media and also culture throughout his job. His tradition continues to be felt today with his lots of writings, speeches, and also media appearances, and also he is remembered as a thought-provoking and also insightful commentator on a few of the most essential problems of his time.

Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by Malcolm.

Related authors: Jesus Christ (Prophet), Alan Turing (Mathematician), Anthony Powell (Novelist), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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24 Famous quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge

Small: Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream
"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream"
Small: There is no such thing as darkness only a failure to see
"There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see"
Small: History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people const
"History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that"
Small: He was not only a bore he bored for England
"He was not only a bore; he bored for England"
Small: Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore
"Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore"
Small: Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time
"Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time"
Small: Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get
"Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message"
Small: Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it
"Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it"
Small: Travel, of course, narrows the mind
"Travel, of course, narrows the mind"
Small: This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings Ive known and of my own
"This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life"
Small: The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in tr
"The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth"
Small: The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment
"The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment"
Small: Surely the glory of journalism is its transience
"Surely the glory of journalism is its transience"
Small: St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel
"St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel"
Small: Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society
"Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society"
Small: Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century
"Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century"
Small: People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to
"People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to"
Small: One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which weve developed to a very high level is the sin
"One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything"
Small: One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up
"One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up"
Small: The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that theyre liable to come to pass, and then their frau
"The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to pass, and then their fraudulence is apparent for all to see. We need a kingdom of heaven in Heaven, if only because it can't be realized"
Small: My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted
"My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it"
Small: It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wre
"It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh"
Small: I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live unti
"I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus"
Small: How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me
"How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me"