Barbarians Quote by Olaf Stapledon

“They were both overwhelmed by the sudden flatness that comes over American travellers in quiet foreign places. No stimuli worked upon them, no voices…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Visitors found the English and American people undeferential, quarrelsome, keen on making money, fiercely individualistic, and uninterested in the doings of foreigners.”

— Daniel Hannan

That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back…

— Robyn Davidson

The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe finds his…

— James Fenimore Cooper

Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist.

— Evelyn Waugh

America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that…

— Mitch Horowitz

“But then it came time for me to make my journey—into America. [... N]o coincidence that my first novel is called Americana . That…

— Don DeLillo

I had to travel half way across the world to be called an American.

— Gabriel Iglesias

“Where the explorers go, conquerors and exploiters always follow.”

— James Cambias

Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.

— Tacitus

They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.

— Lauren Willig

“He embodied an enduring archetype: the obscure immigrant who comes to America, re-creates himself, and succeeds despite a lack of proper birth and breeding.”

— Ron Chernow