George Mikes - English Quotes

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Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

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The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.

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An average English motorcar could be placed, I believe, without much difficulty, in the luggage-rack of an average American automobile.

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It was decided almost two hundred years ago that English should be the language spoken in the United States. It is not known, however, why this decision has not been carried out.

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Three Italians engaged in a friendly chat can make more noise than the average English mass-demonstration in Trafalgar Square.

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Continental people have sex life; the English have hot-water bottles.

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English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists. Here the similarity ends: the Loch Ness Monster seems to be a gentle beast and harms no one; English humour is cruel.

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

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The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

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Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language.

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