You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright..

The best way to find out things, if you come to think of it, is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun;….

To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if o….

One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'.

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water..

[... vastly different peoples live and work side by side but rarely come together, like the arms of an egg beater that] whirled independently and nev….

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result..

The pioneer kills what he loves..

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life..

The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy..

They [zebras] looked like highly varnished animated toys..

English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to ban….

Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them..

Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds.