We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won't talk for the sake of talking. He doesn't mind silence. But after the silence, he sometimes says something.
I don’t work. I merely inflict myself on the public. - Robert Morley
I don’t work. I merely inflict myself on the public.
- Robert Morley
A party: one arrives long after it's started, and one's going to leave long before it's over. - Robert Morley
A party: one arrives long after it's started, and one's going to leave long before it's over.
The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters. - Robert Morley
The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.
The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel. - Robert Morley
The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel.
Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore. - Robert Morley
Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore.
The French are a logical people, which is one reason the English dislike them so intensely. The other is that they own France, a country which we hav… - Robert Morley
The French are a logical people, which is one reason the English dislike them so intensely. The other is that they own France, a country which we hav…
If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat. - Robert Morley
If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.
To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company. - Robert Morley
To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company.
When I asked my accountant if anything could get me out of the mess I am in now, he thought for a long time, and I didn't care much for his answer. '… - Robert Morley
When I asked my accountant if anything could get me out of the mess I am in now, he thought for a long time, and I didn't care much for his answer. '…
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