--- title: "10 Thought Americans Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Thought Americans quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Thought Americans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/stephen-baxter-15017_americans_the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default_1638548.png" --- > [“The folk of Hell-Knows-Where by default still thought of themselves as Americans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-baxter/the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default-still-thought-of-themselves/) [Stephen Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-baxter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/stephen-baxter-15017_americans_the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default_1638548.png) > [I wouldn't go to America if I thought Americans were representative of their government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matty-healy/i-wouldn-t-go-to-america-if-i-thought-americans-were-representative/) [Matty Healy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matty-healy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/matty-healy-5022_america_i-wouldn-t-go-to-america-if-i-thought-am_1943403.jpg) > [... America has amnesia. ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought. ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-gunn-allen/america-has-amnesia-certainly-there-is-a-passion-for-memory-loss-in/) [Paula Gunn Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-gunn-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/paula-gunn-allen-18956_america_america-has-amnesia-certainly-there-is-a_1039966.jpg) > [“She always thought Americans were too territorial. 'All those fences and flags,' she had once said, seeing very little difference between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinaw-mengestu/she-always-thought-americans-were-too-territorial-all-those-fences/) [Dinaw Mengestu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinaw-mengestu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/dinaw-mengestu-12378_thought-americans_she-always-thought-americans-were-too-te_471839.png) > [When I was asked to come over to the States, I thought to myself, 'What the Americans are very good at doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-espinosa/when-i-was-asked-to-come-over-to-the-states-i-thought-to-myself-what/) [Daniel Espinosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-espinosa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/daniel-espinosa-16293_come_when-i-was-asked-to-come-over-to-the-sta_2226083.jpg) > [“An instant flashing thought: What would Bratok, big brother Gable, one of her CIA handlers, think about this temper of hers? Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-matthews/an-instant-flashing-thought-what-would-bratok-big-brother-gable-one/) [Jason Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/jason-matthews-12029_thought-americans_an-instant-flashing-thought-what-would-b_187107.jpg) > [ Why did the people think \[Vietnam war\] was fundamentally wrong and immoral? The guys who ran the polls, John E. Rielly, a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/why-did-the-people-think-vietnam-war-was-fundamentally-wrong-and/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/noam-chomsky-42_chicago_why-did-the-people-think-vietnam-war-was_2961383.jpg) > [“Foreigners thought the Americans’ eating habits were atrocious, their food execrable, and their coffee detestable. Americans tended to eat fast, often sharing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-s-wood/foreigners-thought-the-americans-eating-habits-were-atrocious-their/) [Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-s-wood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/gordon-s-wood-13199_eating-habits_foreigners-thought-the-americans-eating_1718899.jpg) > [I had a guy at the Groucho bar clawing at my arm nearly in tears saying that until he saw The Departed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/i-had-a-guy-at-the-groucho-bar-clawing-at-my-arm-nearly-in-tears/) [William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/william-monahan-3226_accents_i-had-a-guy-at-the-groucho-bar-clawing-a_2050838.jpg) > [“ I'm Losing Faith in My Favorite Country Throughout my life, the United States has been my favorite country, save and except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-douglass/i-m-losing-faith-in-my-favorite-country-throughout-my-life-the-united/) [Stephen Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-douglass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/stephen-douglass-66526_american-dream_i-m-losing-faith-in-my-favorite-country_1382711.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought-americans/#itemlist", "name": "Thought Americans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The folk of Hell-Knows-Where by default still thought of themselves as Americans.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Baxter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-baxter/the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default-still-thought-of-themselves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/stephen-baxter-15017_americans_the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default_1638548.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/stephen-baxter-15017_americans_the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default_1638548.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/stephen-baxter-15017_americans_the-folk-of-hell-knows-where-by-default_1638548.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The folk of Hell-Knows-Where by default still thought of themselves as Americans.” — Stephen Baxter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wouldn't go to America if I thought Americans were representative of their government.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matty Healy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matty-healy/i-wouldn-t-go-to-america-if-i-thought-americans-were-representative/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/matty-healy-5022_america_i-wouldn-t-go-to-america-if-i-thought-am_1943403.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/matty-healy-5022_america_i-wouldn-t-go-to-america-if-i-thought-am_1943403.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/matty-healy-5022_america_i-wouldn-t-go-to-america-if-i-thought-am_1943403.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wouldn't go to America if I thought Americans were representative of their government.” — Matty Healy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... 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As a child growing up in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, I aggressively bought and saved baseball cards of American and National League players, spent hours watching snowy images of American baseball and football games on black and white television and longed for the day when I could travel to that great country. Every Saturday afternoon, me and the boys would pay twelve cents to go the show and watch U.S. made movies, and particularly, the Superman serial. Then I got my chance. My father, who worked for B.F. Goodrich, took my brother and me to watch the Cleveland Indians play baseball in the Mistake on the Lake in Cleveland. At last I had made it to the big time. I thought it was an amazing stadium and it was certainly not a mistake. Amazingly, the Americans thought we were Americans. I loved the United States, and everything about the country: its people, its movies, its comic books, its sports, and a great deal more. The country was alive and growing. No, exploding. 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