"Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right."
"In recent years, perhaps encouraged by competition from McDonald's, the British hamburger has become a credit to the nation. At the time of which I speak, it looked like a scorched beer-coaster or a tenderized disc brake."
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Source: Clive James (2012). “Always Unreliable: Memoirs”, p.307, Pan Macmillan
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