The world was very feminine when I was young. And now it's very masculine.

The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.

I now realize that education is a last wild effort on the part of the authorities to prevent an overdose of leisure from driving the world mad. Learning is no longer an improver; it is merely the most expensive time-filler the world has ever known.

The Scots are very hospitable; almost as hospitable as the Americans.

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.

Any film is at least better than real life.

I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share.