Subject: Places » America (Page 6)

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn’t appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

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

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

(1938 – ) journalist, columnist (Miss Manners)

A Canadian is merely an unarmed American with health care. 

Canadian comedian & author

We haven't seen that kind of violence in the name of religion in this country since we got here!'

American stand-up 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

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

(1922 – 2007) American novelist

Folks who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

America – a country that has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.

(1905 – 1970) American writer

My God, we've had cloning in the South for years… it's called cousins.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

America is one long expectoration.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

The United States is like the guy at the party who gives cocaine to everyone and still nobody likes him.

(1948 – 1990) comedian

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the states, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

I enjoy being in America: it's fun, you know, because you have, you have so many things we never had in Russia — like warning shots.

(1951 – ) Soviet-American comedian

In America, it's not how much an item costs, it's how much you save.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ‘em.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. Well, I didn't live in this century.

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

California is a nice place to live – if you happen to be an orange.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

America is the only place where people go hunting on a full stomach.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director