Quotes from "How to be an Alien"

"The English language is a compromise between sensible, easy words and words which nobody understands".

"Terrible things to say are: I'm afraid that... How strange that.... I'm sorry but..."

"An example explains things best."

"It's terribly important that the British intellectuals always have a 3-day beard because shaving is only for ordinary people."

"Everybody knows that money cannot make you happy; it is better to be poor and have no job."

George Mikes.