#eric

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy. ↗

— Ronald Knox

#humour #illiteracy #pose

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#america #any #being #enlightened #faults

I never thought of myself as a New York poet or as an American poet. ↗

— Kenneth Koch

#i #myself #never #new #new york

My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States. ↗

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

#am #american #american president #coming #different

There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live. ↗

— Rip Torn

#america #difference #history #kind #live

You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#college #expect #might #would #you

To call something an 'enhanced interrogation technique' doesn't alter the fact that we thought it was torture when the Japanese used it on American prisoners, we thought it was torture when the North Koreans used it, we thought it was torture when the Soviets used it. You know, it's almost the moral equivalent of saying that rape is an enhanced seduction technique. ↗

— Ted Koppel

#alter #american #call #enhanced #equivalent

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#american music #been #influenced #music #musical

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#blues #british #development #johnny #movement

American women often fall into the trap of, 'Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night.' It's so old-fashioned. ↗

— Michael Kors

#american women #clothes #fall #i #into