Malcolm Bradbury was an English author and academic who wrote "The History Man". The novel is a satire of academia and was adapted into a popular television series. Bradbury was a prominent figure in the British literary scene and served as a professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.
All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories – and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Power is not a means, it is an end.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
One man’s imagination is another man’s reality.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
You can only betray where loyalty is due.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
Malcolm Bradbury – The History Man