The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British pride: muddle is not an exclusively British institution. Read descriptions, for instance, of the over-organized, wonderfully systematic and "thorough" German war machine during the last war.
George MikesThere are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.
George MikesIf it is gay, ribald and lascivious night-life you are after, Israel is not the place for you. The night clubs you do find are nearer in spirit to a YMCA than to dens of iniquity.
George MikesIsraelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.
George Mikes