Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there is something wrong with him.
The great omission in American life is solitude;
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The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.
I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility
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I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches.
TV will never be a serious competitor for radio b
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TV will never be a serious competitor for radio because people must sit and keep their eyes glued on a screen; the average American family hasn't time for it.
One thousand Americans stop smoking every day - b
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One thousand Americans stop smoking every day - by dying.
There are 70 million books in American libraries,
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There are 70 million books in American libraries, but the one I want to read is always out.
American football makes rugby look like a Tupperw
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American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.
There are those, I know, who will say that the li
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There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American dream.
There is a story of an Oxford student who once re
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There is a story of an Oxford student who once remarked, I despise all Americans, but have never met one I didn't like.
I really think that American gentlemen are the be
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I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
The important thing today is not what we say of L
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The important thing today is not what we say of Lincoln but what Lincoln would say of us if he were here in this hour and could note the drift and tendency in American life and American politics.
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than hu
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The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.
The only reason a great many American families do
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The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.
The American Revolution was a beginning, not a co
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The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.
America is God's crucible, the great Melting-Pot
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America is God's crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!... The real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races.
The only reason a great many American families do
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The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.
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