In hell they will bore you, in heaven you will bore them.

An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director face on).

Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

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.

The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind.

Filing is concerned with the past; anything you actually need to see again has to do with the future.