Quotes by America One thing that has gone away from civil discussion in America is this idea that our neighbors are not out to ruin the world. We need to come at it from a civil place. Alison Pill gone-away america ideas I can't even vote in America! Alison Pill vote i-can america People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster. Alistair Cooke oysters country america It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and after that Europe, had better heed what happens in California, for it already reveals the type of civilisation that is in store for all of us. Alistair Cooke california europe america People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back. Alistair Cooke listening america people America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decadence. Alistair Cooke race country america It has always been cited as an irrepressible symptom of America's vitality that her people, in fair times and foul, believe in themselves and their institutions. Alistair Cooke believe america people In America we have only the bourgeoisie, and the love of the heroic is one of the few counterpoises available to us. In us the contempt for the heroic is only an extension of the perversion of the democratic principle that denies greatness and wants everyone to feel comfortable in his skin without having to suffer unpleasant comparisons. Students have not the slightest notion of what an achievement it is to free oneself from public guidance and find resources for guidance within oneself. Allan Bloom achievement greatness america It was not necessarily the best of times in America when Catholics and Protestants were suspicious of and hated one another; but at least they were taking their beliefs seriously, and the more or less satisfactory accommodations they worked out were not simply the result of apathy about the state of their souls. Allan Bloom catholic soul america The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. Allan Bloom spirit home america A lot of nonwhite people in America know what it's like to feel heat from the authorities, but, you know, all sorts of people can start to feel it now if Trump comes in. Allan Nairn heat america people If Donald Trump wins, it represents a rightist revolution in America. Allan Nairn revolution winning america Every American wants MORE & MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more & more dead matter, machinery, possessions & rugs & fact information at the expense of what really counts as more: feeling, good feeling, sex feeling, tenderness feeling, mutual feeling. You own twice as much rug if you're twice as aware of the rug. Allen Ginsberg mistake sex america America, I've given you all and now I'm nothing. Allen Ginsberg wonder-years literature america Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain. Allen Ginsberg rain snow america America, why are your libraries full of tears? Allen Ginsberg library tears america I am neither romantic nor a visionary, and that is my weakness and perhaps my power; at any rate it is one difference. In less romantic and visionary terms, I am a Jew, (with powers of introspection and eclecticism attendant, perhaps.) But I am alien to your natural grace, to the spirit which you would know as a participator in America. Allen Ginsberg differences grace america The real America that Whitman proclaimed and Thoreau decoded. Allen Ginsberg real america America I used to be a communist when I was a kid and I'm not sorry. Allen Ginsberg sorry kids america Last Exit to Brooklyn should explode like a rusty hellish bombshell over America and still be eagerly read in a hundred years. Allen Ginsberg bombshells america years «89101112131415161718»