American Behavior Quotes

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.

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The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.

America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.

Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity.

It’s a very difficult cultural issue. Why don’t Americans save?

Philosopher Bertrand Russell suggested that 'Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.' And, it was Albert Einstein who explained, 'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' So which is it - stupidity, ignorance or insanity - that explains the behavior of my fellow Americans who call for greater government involvement in our lives?

Most Americans are very responsible.

In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.

We Americans are a funny people. We say that our favorite outdoor recreation is 'walking for pleasure' (or so it is reported in Outdoor Recreation Trends). Yet the average housewife will jump into the family car-or one of them-to go around the corner for a bottle of aspirin and a television guide. The businessman who walks four blocks to an appointment is the exception rather than the rule.