American life Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Why is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America?

— E. B. White

I'm definitely an American, because I grew up here. But I've lived very happily in Britain.

— Bill Bryson

At every point I wished that I was born English. They need to make it colder in here. You could hang meat in this…

— Mike Myers

Everyone thinks England and America are the same, as we have the same language, but I felt like an alien as an English person…

— Jaime Murray

Everyone in America thinks I'm American - and everyone in England seems to think I'm American.

— David Harewood

When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was.

— Anonymous

I did live over in the U.K. for a while, so I guess I'm just naturally a Brit at heart.

— Kelly Rowland

If you would have asked me what I thought of America before I came over here I would have used the word 'corny'. And…

— Simon Cowell

Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish…

— Vinnie Jones

Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment.

— Colin Firth

Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.

— E. M. Delafield

“What fools American can be for England”

— Charles Finch