17th century Quote by Eric Hoffer

You cannot gage the intelligence of an American by talking with him.

— Eric Hoffer

The American is said to become full-flavored, and intime a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

— M E W Sherwood

The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.

— M. E. W. Sherwood

Europeans don't like to talk about intelligence, and they often pretend their countries don't spy.

— David Ignatius

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

— Michel Houellebecq

I shouldn't be saying this, high treason really, but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that…

— Stephen Fry

“I remember what seemed to me a bright remark he made after a month's stay in England about the difference between Polish and English…

— Stanislaw M. Ulam

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño

Rarely do you meet an American who knows his Wordsworth.

— Alice Eve

Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.

— Ted Rall

The American has no language, he has a dialect, slang, provincialism, accent and so forth

— Rudyard Kipling

I know the American people. I've met a lot of them. I've met a lot more of them than any columnist has, or any…

— Barack Obama