I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel.

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

Long before the word Zionism was uttered for the first time, old religious Jews came from all over the world to die in Jerusalem. It is the finest place to die in - it has always been acknowledged. It has a joie de mourir quite its own.

I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel.

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.

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

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