“It is only to the sentimentalist over some tame midland prospect that man appears vile. In Sirene he holds his own with the sublime eccentricity of the natural scene. In Sirene he lives.” — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal. — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
“As the tissues of the body fester and rot under X rays, so under the sun fester and rot Anglo-Saxonism and Teutonism and Scandinavianism… — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchief and sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like… — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
“He’s such an extraordinarily brilliant person that it would be terrible if he let himself do nothing in the end.” — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
“Oh, my dear, how too marvelous! I've longed all my life to eat a flamingo.” — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
“It is only to the sentimentalist over some tame midland prospect that man appears vile. In Sirene he holds his own with the sublime… — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast. — Compton Mackenzie Copy Share Image
