America Quotes

• "They (Americans) have their national game, baseball - which is cricket played with a strong American accent - and they have a national language, entirely their own, unlike any other language spoken on the earth."
  By: George Mikes (How to Scrape Skies)
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• "The whole world is watching America, and America is watching TV."
  By: Folk Saying, U.S.A. (Quoted by Sam Levenson in Everything but Money)
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• "The fact that Americans drag around the world by the busloads to glimpse the past probably has something to do with the youth of our country. We revere anything older than George Burns."
  By: Erma Bombeck (When you look like your passport photo...)
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• "This (America) is a land of rich diversity, from the towering skyscrapers of Manhatan all the way to the towering mounds of garbage piled up next to the towering skyscrapers of Manhattan."
  By: Dave Barry (Only Travel Guide you'll ever need)
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• "American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it."
  By: Dave Barry
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• "The Japanese tend to communicate via nuance and euphemism, often leaving important things unsaid; whereas Americans tend to think they’re being subtle when they refrain from grabbing the listener by the shirt."
  By: Dave Barry (Dave Barry does Japan)
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• "Real cars were made here in America: Fords, Chevys, Plymouths. These were large chunks of Detroit iron – cars that had the size, weight, and handling characteristics of aircraft carriers but worse fuel efficiency."
  By: Dave Barry (Dave Barry does Japan)
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• "We have been flooded with postal cards from all over the United States and several parallel universes. Just a quick glance though these cards is enough to remind you why this great nation, despite all the talk of decline, still leads the world in tranquilizer consumption."
  By: Dave Barry (Dave Barry Talks Back)
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• "It was you readers who really came through, proving once again that when the American people decide to “get involved” in a problem, it is best not to let them have any sharp implements."
  By: Dave Barry (Dave Barry Talks Back)
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• "I miss America. I miss the crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it."
  By: Charles Barkley (During his stay in Barcelona for 92 Olympics)
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• "Some people put us down. But I still haven't heard of any Americans trying to swim across the border into Mexico!"
  By: Bob Hope (My Life in Jokes)
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• "The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government."
  By: Bob Hope (I owe Russia $1200)
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• "Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?"
  By: Bob Hope
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• "She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all."
  By: Bob Hope (I owe Russia $1200)
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• "Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar."
  By: Billy Crystal
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• "One characteristic of Americans is that they have no tolerance at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed."
  By: Margaret Mead
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