American Quote by James Blunt

I feel that Britain is a rather self-deprecating nation: you're almost considered egotistical to say you're good at anything.

— Rachel Shenton

I'm just not self-deprecating.

— Katy Mixon

It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness…

— Bret Stephens

I self-deprecate. When I first got here two years ago, I didn't realise that in America you can't go into the room and put…

— Sophie Winkleman

I'm not trying to be modest of self-deprecating or in any way trying to do that.

— Jon Stewart

I don't think of myself as an American; I see myself as a human being.

— Terry Tempest Williams

How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.

— Maya Angelou

I very much consider myself British.

— Ainsley Harriott

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

— Bill Bryson

We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.

— Winston Marshall

I think there is an American attitude that is very hard to break which is "We're great. Who wouldn't want to be like us?…

— Hooman Majd

Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.

— Naveen Andrews