What beefsteak is to Argentina, flamenco to Spain, cool reserve and self-control in all situations to an Englishman, what vodka is to a Russian and beer to a Bavarian, what money is to a Swiss, that is outdoor-life to an Australian. It is a noble mania, better than vodka, better than cool reserve, better than money.

The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.

The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science, their labour bore fruit.

To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet.

English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.

When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.

The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.