“The ostrich is the only animal officially endowed with political direction.” PoliticalAnimalBirdOstriches Author:Pierre Daninos
“If animals had a Pope," Major Thompson said to me, "their Vatican would be in London. And if by some dire submarine cataclysm that noble vessel, Great Britain, were to be shipwrecked and start to founder, believe me, there would surely be somebody in Westminster to cry from the top of the Tower: "Dogs first!” IfsFirstsBelieveSaidWould BeAnimalDogCryMajorsNobleLondonBritainBelieve In MeFoundersTowersPopeVesselGreat BritainSubmarinesWestminster Author:Pierre Daninos
“English life is nothing but a huge masquerade ball in which the participants contrive to conceal their feelings, their addresses, their hobbies, their incomes, their decorations, their sorrows, their talents, their achievements, and even their names.” FeelingsLife IsNamesTalentHugeSorrowAchievementBallsIncomeAddressesHobbiesParticipantsDecorationMasquerade Author:Pierre Daninos
“One of the marked superiorities the English enjoy over other peoples is their ability to imbue the foreigner with a crippling inferiority complex the moment he sets foot on British soil.” MomentsEnjoyAbilityFeetComplexesBritishSoilSuperiorityForeignersInferiorityInferiority Complex Author:Pierre Daninos
“To a gentleman, a gentleman-someone who dies without ever pronouncing the word-is a man who climbs Everest, never mentions it to a soul, and listens politely to Pochet's account of how in 1937 in spite of his sciatica, he conquered the Puy de Dome.” MenSoulDiesAccountsGentlemanSpiteClimbsEverestDomesSciatica Author:Pierre Daninos
