It is often said that the Japanese are extremely clean at home, or inside any house or office, but dirty and untidy outside. 'Go and look at a railway station,' I was told, 'and you'll be horrified.' I went and was horrified; horrified by the cleanliness of the place.

The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.

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

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.

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

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