I would
rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.
Lord Byron 1788-1824, British Poet
The keynote
of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The
Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool
poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where
an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely
give you his shirt.
Raymond Chandler 1888-1959, American Author
I have no
further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ
was President.
Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker
America's
best buy is a telephone call to the right man.
Ilka Chase 1905-, American Author, Actor
There is
nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real
American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
Gilbert K. Chesterton 1874-1936, British Author
The Constitution
gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of
himself.
John Ciardi 1916-1986, American Teacher, Poet, Writer
America
is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly
from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
Georges Clemenceau 1841-1929, French Statesman
The business
of America is business and the chief ideal of the American people
is idealism.
Calvin Coolidge 1872-1933, Thirtieth President of the USA
America
makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one
thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be
going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
E.E. (Edward. E.) Cummings 1894-1962, American Poet
At least
the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children
merely punch time clocks.
E.E. (Edward. E.) Cummings 1894-1962, American Poet
If you think
the United States has stood still, who built The largest shopping
center in the world?
Richard M. Nixon 1913-1994, Thirty-seventh President of the USA
It is impossible
for a stranger traveling through the United States to tell from
the appearance of the people or the country whether he is in Toledo,
Ohio, or Portland, Oregon. Ninety million Americans cut their hair
in the same way, eat each morning exactly the same breakfast, tie
up the small girls curls with precisely the same kind of ribbon
fashioned into bows exactly alike; and in every way all try to look
and act as much like all the others as they can.
Lord Northcliffe
The main
thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and
so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You can
safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty
that it will let you down.
Conor Cruise O'Brien 1917-, Irish Historian, Critic, and Statesman
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