People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back.
Alistair CookeAs always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later
Alistair CookeWhen television came roaring in after the war (World War II) they did a little school survey asking children which they preferred and why - television or radio. And there was this 7-year-old boy who said he preferred radio "because the pictures were better.
Alistair CookeI wrote to Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I said: "Here is the sentence once written by the immortal Bobby Jones. I thought you might like to have it done in needlepoint and mounted in a suitable frame to hang over Little John's bed. It says, The rewards of golf - and of life, too, I expect - are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules." I never heard from Mr. McEnroe, Senior. I can only conclude that the letter went astray.
Alistair Cooke