An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.

It was decided almost two hundred years ago that English should be the language spoken in the United States. It is not known, however, why this decision has not been carried out.

Israel also deprived the world of its chance of shedding tears of genuine sympathy over her destruction. The world resents this; it likes to feel noble and sympathetic.

The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.

Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.

The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.