On being asked if there was economic crisis in London:

If you mean that one could fire a gun across the Savoy Grill without hitting either a diner or an Italian waiter the answer is 'No'.


As quoted in: Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (OUP Oxford, 2008), p. 43


If you mean that one could fire a gun across the Savoy Grill without hitting either a diner or an Italian waiter the answer is 'No'.

If you mean that one could fire a gun across the Savoy Grill without hitting either a diner or an Italian waiter the answer is 'No'.

If you mean that one could fire a gun across the Savoy Grill without hitting either a diner or an Italian waiter the answer is 'No'.

If you mean that one could fire a gun across the Savoy Grill without hitting either a diner or an Italian waiter the answer is 'No'.