Quote by George Mikes

THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.

— George Mikes

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

— 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…

— George Mikes

English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— George Mikes

Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.

— 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,…

— 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…

— George Mikes

Rich people (in Australia) have swimming pools in their gardens but, at least, they do swim in them.

— George Mikes