George MikesThinkers

Baseball is cricket played with a strong American accent.

Britain is the society where the ruling class does not rule, the working class does not work, and the middle class is not in the middle.

The Cat must be flattered, whereas the dog will flatter you.

The Cat is an animal that, in contrast to dogs which you can keep, keeps people, because it finds humans to be useful domestic animals.

Cricket (sport) is the only game where the major part of the team can just idle around and watch a few of their players do the work.

The Dog will flatter you, but you have to flatter the cat.

An Englishman is one who, even if alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

Equality is the idea that you are just as good as the next man but the next man is not half as good as you are.

Happiness is not necessary. Unquestionably, one can do without it. It is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.

London is chaos incorporated.