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States Quotes by Dave Barry
- Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
- The major advantage of domestic travel is that, with a few exceptions such as Miami, most domestic locations are conveniently situated right here in the…
- Although a science fair can seem like a big "pain" it can help you understand important scientific principles, such as Newton's First Law of Inertia,…
- A child can go only so far in life without potty training. It is not mere coincidence that six of the last seven presidents were…
- Without good grammar, the United States would have lost World War II.
- Unless you live in Indonesia, there should be several malls within five miles of your home. It makes no difference whatsoever which one you go…
- The Russians will never be able to get their missiles thought the dense protective layer of delayed flights circling over the United States in complex,…
- We have been flooded with postal cards from all over the United States and several parallel universes. Just a quick glance though these cards is…
- The beer sold here in the United States is sweet and watery and lacking in taste and overcarbonated and just generally the lamest, wimpiest beer…
- Flying from the United States to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school.
- What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow,…
- The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it became increasingly obvious…
- I think Superman should go on the Larry King show and announce that he would come back to life if people in all 50 states…
More States Quotes
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur