Denis George Mackail was an English writer. As one of the leading writers of popular fiction in his day, Mackail was a gifted stylist who also had a keen sense of social convention and a deep commitment to creating diverse characters. Mackail’s writing is often humorous and deserves renewed interest. Here are some of the best quotes from Denis Mackail that will be sure to make you smile.
Caught in the doldrums of August we may have regretted the departing summer, having sighed over the vanished strawberries and all that they signified.
Denis Mackail
In the course of three years he had learnt enough to be able to do nearly all the work of the man immediately above him, and to make the man immediately below him do almost all the work that he was supposed to do himself. This system is known as ‘efficient co-ordination,’ and carried to its logical conclusion implies that the head of the firm does no work at all, and that the junior office boy is ultimately responsible for everything.
Denis Mackail
Some days you wake up and feel quite certain that something is going to happen and it generally doesn’t, and when things are really going to happen it never feels like it a bit.
Denis Mackail
Is one changing all the time, then?’ she asks. ‘Am I changing – without knowing it?
Denis Mackail
