# Quote — John Hegley, Glad to Wear Glasses

> My grandmother used to say
>
> before you moan about the muck on someone else's glasses
>
> make sure you're not on about the muck on your own
>
> her glasses were filthy

- Author: [John Hegley](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hegley.md)
- Book: [Glad to Wear Glasses](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hegley/glad-to-wear-glasses.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Hegley#Glad_To_Wear_Glasses_(1990)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hegley/glad-to-wear-glasses/my-grandmother-used

## More from this book

> From Bradford Yorkshire to Bristol Temple Meads
>
> you don't have to change your underwear
>
> but you have to change at Leeds

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hegley/glad-to-wear-glasses/from-bradford-yorkshire.md)

> This winter
>
> I hope you get a splinter
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> if you make a toboggan
>
> and it is a mahog'un

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hegley/glad-to-wear-glasses/this-winter-i-hope.md)

> In the beginning was the dog
>
> the real name of Jehovah is Rover
>
> Adam's rib is buried in the garden

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-hegley/glad-to-wear-glasses/in-the-beginning.md)