Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. – Sinclair Lewis Category: America
America is a nation with many flaws, but hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them. – James Michener Category: America
We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. – Benjamin Harrison, address to Congress, 1888 Category: America
It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die. – Margot Asquith Category: America
The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise. – Roger Ebert Category: movies
I dont look on poetry as closed works. I feel theyre going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. – John Ashbery Category: Poetry
I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry. – Peter Davison Category: Poetry
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. – George Byron Category: Religion