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George Mikes quotes: You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
George Mikes quotes: I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel. I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel.
George Mikes quotes: An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
George Mikes quotes: A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat. A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.
George Mikes quotes: Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives. Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives.
George Mikes quotes: Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them. Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.
George Mikes quotes: To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money. To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money.
George Mikes quotes: Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States. Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.
George Mikes quotes: The English are always ready to admire anything so long as they can queue up. The English are always ready to admire anything so long as they can queue up.
George Mikes quotes: The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill. The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.
George Mikes quotes: On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners. On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.
George Mikes quotes: When I am alone in the forest at night-time and jump from one tree to another, I often think that life is so strange. When I am alone in the forest at night-time and jump from one tree to another, I often think that life is so strange.
George Mikes quotes: THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality. THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.
George Mikes quotes: 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. 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.
George Mikes quotes: Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents. Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.
George Mikes quotes: In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state. In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.
George Mikes quotes: Many Continentals tink life is a game; the English think cricet is a game. Many Continentals tink life is a game; the English think cricet is a game.
George Mikes quotes: The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead. The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.
George Mikes quotes: The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work. The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.
George Mikes quotes: There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones. There are many non-intellectual countries; Australia is one of the few anti-intellectual ones.
George Mikes quotes: The Japanese are human beings like the rest of us, but they will strongly resent this insinuation. The Japanese are human beings like the rest of us, but they will strongly resent this insinuation.
George Mikes quotes: People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth. People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.
George Mikes quotes: Q. Why don't the British panic?A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their panic from their ecstasy. Q. Why don't the British panic?
A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their panic from their ecstasy.
George Mikes quotes: Foreigners have souls; the English haven't. Foreigners have souls; the English haven't.
George Mikes quotes: The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath. The man who is not afraid of danger is not a hero, but a psychopath.
George Mikes quotes: Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game. Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
George Mikes quotes: Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better. Israelis keep teaching you your own business. God knows everything but the Israelis know everything better.
George Mikes quotes: Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language. Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language.
George Mikes quotes: Nobody uses his car in New York, because so many people use it that traffic is congested and unbearably slow. Nobody uses his car in New York, because so many people use it that traffic is congested and unbearably slow.
George Mikes quotes: When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England. When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.
George Mikes quotes: 'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.' 'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'
George Mikes quotes: Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false. Humility is one of the most repulsive virtues, nearly always false.
George Mikes quotes: Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles. Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles.
George Mikes quotes: To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet. To have created a Welfare State was a great achievement; but we must go on to create a Welfare Planet.
George Mikes quotes: English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists. English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.
George Mikes quotes: The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today. The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

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