Nancy Banks-Smith Quotes

Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over-except when they are different.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

This is one of those big, fat paperbacks, intended to while away a monsoon or two, which, if thrown with a good overarm action, will bring a water buffalo to its knees.

Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.

Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to distinguish between tradition and plagiarism?

The most invigorating form of reading matter is, of course, a will.

Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.

In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture.