Quote by George Mikes
An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. – George Mikes

Other quotes by George Mikes

The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit. – George Mikes

Category:
Coffee (or Tea)
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On the Continent people have good food in England people have good table manners. – George Mikes

Category:
Food
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You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. – George Mikes

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Cats
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Other Quotes from
Order
category

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. – Denis Diderot

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Order

Despite crimes omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium. – Camille Anna Paglia

Category:
Order

His vocation was orderliness, which is the basis of creation. Accordingly, when a letter came, he would turn it over in his hands for a long time, gazing at it meditatively; then he would put it away in a file without opening it, because everything had its own time. – Salvatore Satta

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Order

Good order is the foundation of all great things. – Edmund Burke

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Order

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We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people – history has made us all South Africans. – Mangosuthu Buthelezi

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I dont think Ive ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldnt be ours anymore. – Steve Jobs

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Experience