Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. - Oscar Wilde
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. - Herman Melville
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so much as a world. - Herman Melville
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage. - Felix Dennis
Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day. - Felix Dennis
For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.
There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the color of my skin. - Tiger Woods
I think that American people really know how to pursue fun, they really know how to have a good time. Japanese are somewhat more reserved than Americans, so I'm jealous. - Nobuo Uematsu
Well, rather than to give you my impression on Los Angeles, per se, my older sister's husband is an American, therefore I have a pretty good idea of the, perhaps the characteristics of Americans in general. - Nobuo Uematsu
America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong. - Brad Pitt
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
If America had been discovered as many times as I have, no one would remember Columbus. - Sean Connery
I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor. - Shaun White
Not so much in Canada, but certainly in the US, as I’m sure you know, money is all, and if they can get another 26 programs of the same thing even though it advances the culture or those actor’s careers not at all it doesn’t matter. - Rowan Atkinson
I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else. - Anthony Hopkins
The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.
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