“An office party is not, as is sometimes supposed, the Managing Director's chance to kiss the tea-girl. It is the tea-girl's chance to kiss the Managing Director (however bizarre an ambition this may seem to anyone who has seen the Managing Director face on).” MaySometimesSeemsFacesGirlChancePartyBusinessDirectorsKissingOfficeAmbitionTeaBizarre Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“People get a bad impression of it [the English climate] by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don't try to predict what.” PeopleIfsTryingMayLongNextSeeingOughtTreatsEnglandClimateImpressionWeatherPainterTuesdayClerksBad Impression Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks through which the lawyers may creep.” LooksMayChildrenConstitutionLawyerCracksFlagsCreepsIdioticAmerican Patriotism Author:Katharine Whitehorn
