Quote by Roald Dahl Download Open image ““If it's by an American it's certain to be filth. That's all they write about.”” — Roald Dahl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But of course it was an American paper. The Americans always go one better on any kinds of beastliness, whether it is ice-cream soda,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world's ridicule as well as their own social and… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“It's virtually impossible in America to be heavy and feel good about oneself.” — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“America is rich and fat and very, very noticeable in this world. It is a forlorn hope that we should be left alone.” — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“There's nothing more frightening to me than a character who thinks he knows what a real American is – mainly because it generally turns… — Donald Hamilton Copy Share Image
“if we really care about all Americans, and we must, we have to understand what is happening.” — Historica Press Copy Share Image
“American writers are too often only witnesses, tourists, to most human suffering and pleasure.” — Ira Sadoff Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever went broke overestimating the vulgarity of the American people,” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self- conscious people in the world, and the most addicted… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“You know what America is-they're all like spoiled children. Anything goes, isn't that what they say?” — Soheir Khashoggi Copy Share Image
“Americans have many admirable characteristics, but literary taste is rare among them.” — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take about a… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake, he paused for just a couple of seconds and took… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
