America Quote by Scott Simon

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different…

— Scott Simon

Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind…

— Scott Simon

So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later…

— Scott Simon

I take Charb's point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do…

— Scott Simon

Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her…

— Scott Simon

Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's…

— Scott Simon

It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of being asked…

— Scott Simon

Fidel Castro takes up so much space in the Cuban mind. It's hard for us to imagine as Americans - isn't it? - how…

— Scott Simon

Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't two loving adults…

— Scott Simon

Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?

— Scott Simon

When they mention great little things in life, they usually forget flossing.

— Scott Simon

I was a kid and it was kind of scabrous, and it wasn't the sacrilege that bothered me so much as the obscenity that…

— Scott Simon