Americans & America
1. “Every asylum in this nation is filled with poor souls who simply cannot stand lanolin, cellophane, plastic, television, and subdivisions.” (John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces)
2. “America specialized in producing shrewd, intelligent, tough business leaders and executives.” (Alistair MacLean, Night Without End)
3. “I sound like such an American. It’s kind of embarrassing.” (Niki Burnham, Royally Jacked)
4. “Most Americans do not see Europe as the world leader in scientific research. They see us as nothing but a quaint shopping district – an odd perception if you consider the nationalities of men like Einstein, Galileo, and Newton.” (Dan Brown, Angels and Demons)
5. “America has a way of expressing things very pithily.” (Harold Robbins, Stiletto)
6. “Kruger found it amusing the way the Americans always put on a fresh shirt and combed their hair before stepping in front of the camera. Just like television reporters.” (Michael Crichton, Congo)
7. “Business is their national sport, and, like most national sports, semi-sacred.” (John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes)
Animals
8. “Every animal is grateful for kindness and petting, and they wouldn’t think of hurting a person that pets them.” (Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
9. “A wild beast cornered is not safe to approach.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers)
10. “Yet it is upon feeling, more often than thinking, that animals act.” (Jack London, White Fang)
