A.A. GillThinkers

The Acquaintance is preferable to the friend in that they don't expect you to call or go to' their children's weddings.

Breakfast is the beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.

A Chef is not the same thing as a cook — cooks do meals for people they know and love. Chefs do it anonymously for anyone who has the price.

A Cook is not the same thing as a chef — cooks do meals for people they know and love. Chefs do it anonymously for anyone who has the price.

Curling is the only sport where they have to speed up.

Finland is a nation of drunken Captain Birds eyes.

Haiku is a limerick that doesn't make you laugh.

A Lobster bisque is the crowning glory of the potager, silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise.

An Ostrich tastes like the progeny of an unnatural and uncomfortable liaison between a duck and a sheep.

Turkish cuisine is edible Greek food.