Katharine Whitehorn

"People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don't try to predict what."

"Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to."

"The best careers advice given to the young ... is "Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.""

"A food is not necessarily essential just because your child hates it."

"The main purpose of children's parties is to remind you that there are children more awful than your own."

"I wouldn't say when you've seen one Western you've seen the lot; but when you've seen the lot you get the feeling you've seen one."

"There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes."

"Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel."

"No nice men are good at getting taxis."