George Mikes

“It is a cliché to say that the British are a nation of animal lovers, but it is a cliché because it is true.”

“The national sport of England is obstacle racing. People create their own obstacles. If they have no obstacles, they proceed to create them.”

“The world still consists of two parts: England and the rest of the world. The rest of the world is still called 'abroad'.”

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

“Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.”

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

“The English are the only people in the world who like to be told how bad they are.”

“It is not that the English cannot cook. They can. But they do not.”

“On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.”

“The trouble with the English is that their isles are too small.”

“Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.”

“A Hungarian is a man who enters a revolving door behind you and comes out in front.”

“When people say, 'It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing,' it's the money.”

“A true Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before.”

“In England, everything is a hobby.”