People Should Be Stopped From Writing Poetry.

Common Sense And A Sense Of Humour Are The Same Thing, Moving At Different Speeds. A Sense Of Humour Is Just Common Sense, Dancing. Those Who Lack Humour Are Without Judgment And Should Be Trusted With Nothing.

In The Twelfth Century The Basque Fishermen Of Biarritz Used To Hunt Whales With Deadly Efficiency. When The Whales Sensibly Moved Away, The Basques Chased Them Further And Further, With The Consequence That The Fishermen Of Biarritz Discovered America Before Columbus Did. This Is A Matter For Local Pride But On A Larger View It Is Not Quite So Stunning, Since With The Possible Exception Of The Swiss Everybody Discovered America Before Columbus Did.

The Essence Of A Class System Is Not That The Privileged Are Conscious Of Their Privileges, But That The Deprived Are Conscious Of Their Deprivations.

Anyone Afraid Of What He Thinks Television Does To The World Is Probably Just Afraid Of The World.

Jack Aubrey Is A Tremendous Tower Of Strength And You Always Want To Read About Him.