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

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

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

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

Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives.

To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.