“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
“It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.” PeopleWaySeemsGirlBoysTreatsPityLike A Boy Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.” PeopleWantNextCheerPessimistNext Life Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Why do born-again people so often make you wish they'd never been born the first time?” PeopleFirstsTimeReligionWishWomenBornFirst TimeMemorableBorn Again Book:View from a Column Source: View from a Column
“I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers.” PeopleTwoSportsDarkFieldsGrassKneesMotivational SportsCricketUmpiresStainsTrousers Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.” PeopleMoneyInsightfulMoney TalksSuccess Money Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.” PeopleWantInspirationalUseMeetingsBusyCommitteesToo Busy Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.” PeopleLoveHeartRight PlaceHeart Love Author:Katharine Whitehorn
