Gratitude Quote by Alex Mandon

“His accent was thick and British, the kind that makes North Americans feel slightly ashamed.”

— Andrew Kaufman

People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is…

— LaToya Jackson

“He had a hint of a British accent; either he was American and had been educated in England or was English and had been…

— Ted Heller

“Thousands of miles from Georgia, beginning that night in England, my dad became a foreign-language speaker to me – and I was utterly charmed…

— Robert Lane Greene

“When I visit England, I want to bring back the best souvenir an American can get: a British accent.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Oxford was as drenched in Dixie as we were, just about as Southern a town as you would ever hope to find, which generally…

— Timothy B. Tyson

I think the important thing to understand first and foremost about Michael Jackson is that he was the international emblem of the African American…

— Cornel West

“Americans are interesting creatures. They criticize those who speak their language with a slight accent but have no issues with butchering most other languages,…

— Santino Hassell

“He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their…

— Terry Pratchett

“He could almost have been an American, he was so tan and had such good teeth, but I could tell straight away that he…

— Sylvia Plath

Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.

— D. B. Sweeney

“James Jackson actually made menacing faces at the Quakers in the gallery, calling them outright lunatics, then launched into a tirade so emotional and…

— Joseph J. Ellis