Subject: Places » America (Page 4)

America is a large friendly dog in a small room; every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.

(1889 – 1975) English historian

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

(1931 – ) television newscaster

In America, you watch Big Brother; in Soviet Russia, Big Brother watches you!

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

The people of this country have allowed football to get completely out of hand, and that’s fortunate for my bank account.

(1918 – 1995) American sports journalist & television commentator

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks.

(1882 – 1942) American actor

… as American as English muffins and French toast.

(1935 – ) English critic & author

In America, your work determines your marks; in Soviet Russia, Marx determines your work!

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

I went to San Francisco; I found someone's heart.


Powdered milk, powdered eggs, baby powder… what a country!

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

President Bush has just one question for the American voters: is the rich person you're working for better off now than they were 4 years ago?

(1950 – ) comedian & television host

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show; when you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

First of all, I don't see America having problems.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The town had the coldest temperature in all the contagious states.

As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit – and parking as close to the stadium as possible.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing – and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

American: One who gets mad when a foreigner curses the institutions he curses.