There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.

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

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

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.

A couple from Sydney or Melbourne might leave on the same day for their holiday: the wife might go sun-bathing at Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, the husband ski-ing in the Snowy Mountains. A lucky country.

Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.

The English are always ready to admire anything so long as they can queue up.