When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you…

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The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep...

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years...

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or...

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as Soho poverty. It comes...

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games,...

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games,...

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just...

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just...