Deals Quote by Gertrude Stein

There's a distinct unease about Americans when they are outside the United States. I can't say quite what it is, but they are easily…

— Lawrence Osborne

Americans are wonderfully courteous to strangers, yet indiscriminately shoot kids in schools. They believe they are masters of the world, yet know nothing about…

— Brian Reade

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

— Ioan Gruffudd

There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

— Billy Joel

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly…

— Joan Didion

I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular. When I talk with Americans, I often wonder why they are so simpleminded.

— Ichiro Ozawa

It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind…

— Vladimir Putin

The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a real tradition…

— Gore Vidal

I don't really have that much contact with Americans. I mean, I see the oddest things on the Internet, I suppose. And I've got…

— Robert Webb

Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.

— George Will

I like Americans. They always make an effort when they meet you. They want to be liked and to like you; it is always…

— Maria Schell