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I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers.

I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers.

Katharine Whitehorn
Sports, Dark, Umpires
"Lynne Truss is latest in a tradition of distaff talents to grace the sportspages" by Frank Keating, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2009.

Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

Katharine Whitehorn
Mother, Son, Daddy

The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.

Katharine Whitehorn
Party, Home, Men

Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

Katharine Whitehorn
Children, Overwhelmed, Married

It would be nice to think that a censor could allow a genuine work of artistic seriousness and ban a titillating piece of sadism, but it would take a miracle to make such a distinction stick.

Katharine Whitehorn
Nice, Thinking, Miracle

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

Katharine Whitehorn
Wedding, Nice, Inspiration
Observer 1977

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

Katharine Whitehorn
Class, Three, Hats
'Hats' in 'Shouts and Murmurs' (1963) No nice men are good at getting taxis. In 'Observer' 1977

[On Malcolm Muggeridge:] He thinks he was knocked off his horse by God, like St. Paul on the road to Damascus. His critics think he simply fell off it from old age.

Katharine Whitehorn
Horse, Thinking, Age
Katharine Whitehorn (1981). “View from a Column”

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