--- title: "12 Ifs Quotes By George Mikes" description: "12 Ifs quotes by George Mikes. Plus more from George Mikes and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/george-mikes-4493_funny_i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-sai_2545644.png" --- > ['I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-said-president-weizmann-but-it/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/george-mikes-4493_funny_i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-sai_2545644.png) > [The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-english-take-everything-with-an-exquisite-sense-of-humour-they/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/george-mikes-4493_english-language_the-english-take-everything-with-an-exqu_2896476.png) > [I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti-intellectualism-was-still-a/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/george-mikes-4493_above-average_i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti_148239.png) > [In England the boy pats his adored one on the back and says softly, "I don't object, you know." If he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/in-england-the-boy-pats-his-adored-one-on-the-back-and-says-softly-i/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/george-mikes-4493_add_in-england-the-boy-pats-his-adored-one-o_3076933.jpg) > [Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/australians-are-decent-people-with-the-right-instincts-and-they-wish/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/george-mikes-4493_australia_australians-are-decent-people-with-the-r_1761382.png) > [Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/was-he-joking-was-he-being-sarcastic-aggressive-impertinent-or-just/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/george-mikes-4493_aggressive_was-he-joking-was-he-being-sarcastic-agg_569020.png) > [On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase "Lovely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/on-the-continent-there-is-one-topic-which-should-be-avoided-the/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/george-mikes-4493_avoided_on-the-continent-there-is-one-topic-whic_702673.png) > [If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/if-somebody-tells-you-an-obviously-untrue-story-on-the-continent-you/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/george-mikes-4493_continents_if-somebody-tells-you-an-obviously-untru_1910447.jpg) > [If it is gay, ribald and lascivious night-life you are after, Israel is not the place for you. The night clubs you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/if-it-is-gay-ribald-and-lascivious-night-life-you-are-after-israel-is/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/george-mikes-4493_clubs_if-it-is-gay-ribald-and-lascivious-night_1912299.png) > [Although the rudiments of snobbery are there, its finer developments are basically alien to the Australian soul - that is, if Australians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/although-the-rudiments-of-snobbery-are-there-its-finer-developments/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/george-mikes-4493_aliens_although-the-rudiments-of-snobbery-are-t_3033269.jpg) > [Japan suffered terribly from the atomic bomb but never adopted a pose of moral superiority, implying: 'We would never have done it!'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/japan-suffered-terribly-from-the-atomic-bomb-but-never-adopted-a-pose/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/george-mikes-4493_accepting_japan-suffered-terribly-from-the-atomic_614035.jpg) > [You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/you-must-not-refuse-any-additional-cups-of-tea-under-the-following/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/george-mikes-4493_circumstances_you-must-not-refuse-any-additional-cups_1512063.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by George Mikes > [THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-british-are-brave-people-they-can-face-anything-except-reality/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-british-suffer-from-a-most-unfortunate-superiority-complex/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Remember that those five hundred words an average Englishman uses are far from being the whole vocabulary of the language. You may learn another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/remember-that-those-five-hundred-words-an-average-englishman-uses-are/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/english-humor-resembles-the-loch-ness-monster-in-that-both-are-famous/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“Before you are admitted to British citizenship you are not even considered a natural human being. I looked up the word natural (na’tural) in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/before-you-are-admitted-to-british-citizenship-you-are-not-even/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“In the last century, when a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/in-the-last-century-when-a-wicked-and-unworthy-subject-annoyed-the/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“While all this goes on, the English remain staunch believers in equality. Equality is a notion the English have given to humanity. Equality means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/while-all-this-goes-on-the-english-remain-staunch-believers-in/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [I asked many friends if Australian anti-intellectualism was still a living force and they all told me it was. If you are above average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-asked-many-friends-if-australian-anti-intellectualism-was-still-a/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/once-you-start-buying-first-aid-kits-you-start-having-accidents/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“Mr S. got angry. ‘Yes, I do have a son. He’s a good-for-nothing. A dead loss.’ I couldn’t ask which prison he was in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/mr-s-got-angry-yes-i-do-have-a-son-he-s-a-good-for-nothing-a-dead/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“I have been told that my above-described theory is all wrong and is only due to my Central European conceit, because the English do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-have-been-told-that-my-above-described-theory-is-all-wrong-and-is/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/rich-people-in-australia-have-swimming-pools-in-their-gardens-but-at/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [“An average English house combines all the curses of civilisation with the vicissitudes of life in the open. It is all right to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/an-average-english-house-combines-all-the-curses-of-civilisation-with/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [Australia objects to the mini-skirt not on moral but on economic grounds. Australians are no prudes and the lovely, healthy, sporty Australian girls have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/australia-objects-to-the-mini-skirt-not-on-moral-but-on-economic/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) > [The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-art-of-conversation-could-not-die-in-australia-it-never-lived/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/george-mikes/#itemlist", "name": "12 Ifs Quotes By George Mikes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Mikes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-said-president-weizmann-but-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/george-mikes-4493_funny_i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-sai_2545644.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/george-mikes-4493_funny_i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-sai_2545644.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/george-mikes-4493_funny_i-don-t-say-a-zionist-must-be-insane-sai_2545644.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'I don't say a Zionist must be insane,' said President Weizmann, 'but it helps if he is.'” — George Mikes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. 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Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? Or just courteous? There was no telling from his impassive face. What a country, he thought despairingly. In Russia you always knew. If a man made a stern face he was threatening; if he was laughing uproariously, he was joking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Mikes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/was-he-joking-was-he-being-sarcastic-aggressive-impertinent-or-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/george-mikes-4493_aggressive_was-he-joking-was-he-being-sarcastic-agg_569020.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/george-mikes-4493_aggressive_was-he-joking-was-he-being-sarcastic-agg_569020.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/george-mikes-4493_aggressive_was-he-joking-was-he-being-sarcastic-agg_569020.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Was he joking? Was he being sarcastic? Aggressive? Impertinent? 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The night clubs you do find are nearer in spirit to a YMCA than to dens of iniquity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Mikes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/if-it-is-gay-ribald-and-lascivious-night-life-you-are-after-israel-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/george-mikes-4493_clubs_if-it-is-gay-ribald-and-lascivious-night_1912299.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/george-mikes-4493_clubs_if-it-is-gay-ribald-and-lascivious-night_1912299.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/george-mikes-4493_clubs_if-it-is-gay-ribald-and-lascivious-night_1912299.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If it is gay, ribald and lascivious night-life you are after, Israel is not the place for you. 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The Japanese know perfectly well they would have used it had they had it. They accept the idea that war is war; they give no quarter and accept none. Total war, they recognize, knows no Queensberry Rules. 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