'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'
George MikesThey (Americans) have their national game, baseball - which is cricket played with a strong American accent - and they have a national language, entirely their own, unlike any other language spoken on the earth.
George MikesOn the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase "Lovely day, isn't it?" at least two hundred times a day, you are considered a bit dull.
George MikesIn Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.
George Mikes