America Quote by Calvin Trillin

“I suppose because we have no ruins and no curiosities,” said Virginia satirically.”

— Oscar Wilde

For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures.

— Mary Augusta Ward

There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.

— R. C. Sproul

Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor at Yale,…

— David Halberstam

It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I was captivated by Sherrie Flick's meticulous and intelligent study of Margaret and Vivette, and the men they share. Reconsidering Happiness is a courageously…

— Jim Crace

Cats are to dogs what modern people are to the people we used to have. Cats are slimmer, cleaner, more attractive, disloyal, and lazy.…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Wonder Woman represented modern America as leader of the free world, and champion of the downtrodden. She forsook her kingdom and immortality to make…

— Mike Madrid

We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full…

— Stephanie Coontz

Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there…

— Charley Reese

If we must grind up human flesh and bones in the industrial machine that we call modern America, then, before God, I assert that…

— John Lewis

The problem in modern America is not that an individual can't make a difference, but that nearly all of us are too distracted to…

— Oliver DeMille