American Quote by David Lebovitz Download Open image ““You never feel more American than when you leave America.”” — David Lebovitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare American Culture Expatriate France Patriotism
“One cannot be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
“I'm a typical American, half of me is dying to give myself away and the other half is continually rebelling.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“...our whole country, which you never think of until it’s gone, which you never love until you’re no longer there.” — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“Be thankful you're an American as we treat foreigners a lot worse.” — U.S. Dept. of Fear Copy Share Image
“No matter what we have heard or read about a country, it is our own feeling that counts.” — Dulce Rodrigues Copy Share Image
“it is difficult to understand that not everyone in the world wants to be an American.” — Bruce Cumings Copy Share Image
“Americans live in a twilight world between a sense of loss and a sense of resigned acceptance.” — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
“To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it,… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“America didn't want any of us, and you haven't felt unwanted until America doesn't want you.” — J.R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
“Speciàl" is one of those elusive French words that means something (or someone is...peculiar. The use of it is one of the rare times… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
“Although I’ve come to love the precision of the “hose” that the French favor for taking a shower, I can’t fathom why many homes… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
“I attended a dinner party where the hostess kept the bottle of water sequestered under the table, guarded by her feet during the entire… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
“Shaping the mounds of dough is easiest to do with a spring-loaded ice cream scoop, although you can use two spoons or a pastry… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
“The Bastille, where I live, is best known as the site where the infamous prison was seized and ransacked by the masses, igniting the… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
“Although I considered not replacing the dishwasher and resigning myself to the drudgery of hand washing, my painter-pushing friend Randal slapped some sense into… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
“Parisians are always in a big hurry, but are especially frantic if they’re behind you. They’re desperate to be where they rightfully feel they… — David Lebovitz Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
