Best 6 quotes of Miles Kington on MyQuotes

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Never criticize Americans. They have the best taste that money can buy.

Satellite photography in the 1970's gave rise to the long-range weather forecast, a month at a time. This in turn gave rise to the observation that the long-range weather forecast was wrong most of the time. In turn, this gave rise to the dropping of the long-range weather forecast and to the admission that really accurate forecasting could only cover the next day or two, and not always then.

So far as good writing goes, the use of the exclamation mark is a sign of failure. It is the literary equivalent of a man holding up a card reading LAUGHTER to a studio audience.

The ability of dandelions to tell the time is somewhat exaggerated, owing to the fact that there is always one seed that refuses to be blown off; the time usually turns out to be 37 o'clock.