I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

Being young is not having any money; being young is not minding not having any money.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

I suppose we all share this pipe-dream of being able to reach out a hand and find anything at will; what is amazing is that we think that good filing could somehow make it comes true. On the contrary: putting a letter into a filing system is like releasing your ferret in the Hampton Court maze.

a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do.