Roger Andrew Taylor Quotes

I love to go shopping at Target. They have so much stuff there, you can buy almost anything, it's really amazing.

You go into Wal-Mart, and you see stuff you typically wouldn't see anywhere else.

I love New York for being New York. I love L.A. for being L.A. But when it comes home, I'm a Midwest, South type of dude. I like open roads, I like to drive, and it may not be as fast, but it's definitely a place where you get to appreciate a lot more. Not saying that you don't up here, but that's not what I'm accustomed to.

Canvas. J.C. Penney. $3.98. You like?

The nice thing about England is that they actually speak English.

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.

It's good to be back in New York. I have lived here ten years. I'm originally from Indiana. I know what most of you are thinking: Indiana: Mafia. But the fact of the matter is where I grew up there was something very similar to the Mafia: 4-H.

What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person.

In England, nobody's your friend.

It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank.

I must admit I suffered a bit when I first came to England. But then I realised that there was nothing to be intimidated by, everybody had two legs.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

At least being prosperous set one apart in England; here it guaranteed nothing, not even taste.

England still will be here without you.

It's written into the Constitution that you're allowed to pursue happiness. In England it would be considered a frivolous objective.

Up until I think eighth grade - when I found out in front of a roomful of people - I believed that England and Great Britain were two entirely different places. Like I didn't know that England was a part of Great Britain. I thought they were completely separate in every way.

I left the Midwest thinking I didn't fit in. But when I got to New York, I realized how truly Midwestern I was.

This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

Australia's not so bad with me, really, people are pretty cool with me at home, but in England it feels a little bit scary.

England is very dreary, but I'm a people person.

On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit-some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally worshipped as in ancient Egypt.

I knew I was in England by the smell.

I'm not from around these parts. I'm from a little place called England: we used to run the world before you.