world and their boastful provincialism.
Sinclair Lewis LITERATURE, 1930
643. The Americans will always do the right thing after trying all other alternatives.
Winston Churchill LITERATURE, 1953
644. History had created something new in the USA, namely crookedness with self-respect or duplicity with honor.
Saul Bellow LITERATURE, 1976
645. Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
Sinclair Lewis LITERATURE, 1930
646. You've got to have a society which is concerned with justice. It's quite clear that American society for the past decade has been concerned with greed, not justice.
James Watson MEDICINE, 1962
647. The poor in America are unorganized and largely mute . . . They are the least revolutionary proletariat in the world.
Gunnar Myrdal ECONOMICS, 1974
648. We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming power on the other.
George C. Marshall PEACE, 1953
649. For the moment we are the strongest power in the world. It is very important that we do not become the most hated.
Ernest Hemingway LITERATURE, 1954
650. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam.
Martin Luther King PEACE, 1964
651. The United States leads the world economically and militarily, but it no longer does so morally . . . You have to prove your high moral standing by deeds, not words.
Lech Walesa PEACE, 1983
652. I put it to you that the United States is without doubt the greatest show on the road. Brutal, indifferent, scornful and ruthless it may be but it is also very clever. As a salesman it is out on its own and its most saleable commodity is self love.
Harold Pinter LITERATURE, 2005
653. My feeling about the United States is this. To live alongside this great country is like living with your wife. At times it is difficult to live with her. At all times it is impossible to live without her.
Lester Pearson PEACE, 1957
As Prime Minister of Canada to General Charles de Gaulle
654. The municipal authorities here consist of thieves so skilled in their profession that European corruption pales into insignificance in comparison.
Henryk Sienkiewicz LITERATURE, 1905
655. It is easy to earn much money in America but difficult to spend it in pleasant ways.
Wolfgang Pauli PHYSICS, 1945
656. Potatoes.
PaulDirac PHYSICS, 1933
Answer to an American reporter's question, "What do you like best in America?"
657. There are too many famous people in America.
Eugene Wigner PHYSICS, 1963
658. I have always thought that in the United States a liberal is a conservative with a heart and a conservative is a liberal without one.
Franco Modigliani ECONOMICS, 1985
BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH
659. Unconquerable England that did not submit to the war, but submitted the war to its habits and traditions. Adapted it to its proprieties. What a debt to her we had contracted when, alone, she stood fast against the monster!
Fraçois Jacob MEDICINE, 1965
660. No sum of money can adequately and appropriately express our gratefulness to the British people. What this country of our adoption gave us was not just a new home and livelihood . . . We also found a new and better way of life coming from an atmosphere of political oppression and persecution . . . We found a spirit of friendliness, humanity, tolerance and fairness. It is this way of life with which some of us, I for one, fell in love. We were given here a new home—not merely a shelter but a true home.
Hans Krebs MEDICINE, 1953
Speech in 1965 on behalf of ex-German refugees presenting a check to the presidents of the Royal Society and the British Academy in gratitude for the welcome they received in Britain
661. It was in Hopkins's laboratory where I saw for the first time at close quarters some of the characteristics of what is sometimes referred to as "the
Sinclair Lewis LITERATURE, 1930
643. The Americans will always do the right thing after trying all other alternatives.
Winston Churchill LITERATURE, 1953
644. History had created something new in the USA, namely crookedness with self-respect or duplicity with honor.
Saul Bellow LITERATURE, 1976
645. Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
Sinclair Lewis LITERATURE, 1930
646. You've got to have a society which is concerned with justice. It's quite clear that American society for the past decade has been concerned with greed, not justice.
James Watson MEDICINE, 1962
647. The poor in America are unorganized and largely mute . . . They are the least revolutionary proletariat in the world.
Gunnar Myrdal ECONOMICS, 1974
648. We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming power on the other.
George C. Marshall PEACE, 1953
649. For the moment we are the strongest power in the world. It is very important that we do not become the most hated.
Ernest Hemingway LITERATURE, 1954
650. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam.
Martin Luther King PEACE, 1964
651. The United States leads the world economically and militarily, but it no longer does so morally . . . You have to prove your high moral standing by deeds, not words.
Lech Walesa PEACE, 1983
652. I put it to you that the United States is without doubt the greatest show on the road. Brutal, indifferent, scornful and ruthless it may be but it is also very clever. As a salesman it is out on its own and its most saleable commodity is self love.
Harold Pinter LITERATURE, 2005
653. My feeling about the United States is this. To live alongside this great country is like living with your wife. At times it is difficult to live with her. At all times it is impossible to live without her.
Lester Pearson PEACE, 1957
As Prime Minister of Canada to General Charles de Gaulle
654. The municipal authorities here consist of thieves so skilled in their profession that European corruption pales into insignificance in comparison.
Henryk Sienkiewicz LITERATURE, 1905
655. It is easy to earn much money in America but difficult to spend it in pleasant ways.
Wolfgang Pauli PHYSICS, 1945
656. Potatoes.
PaulDirac PHYSICS, 1933
Answer to an American reporter's question, "What do you like best in America?"
657. There are too many famous people in America.
Eugene Wigner PHYSICS, 1963
658. I have always thought that in the United States a liberal is a conservative with a heart and a conservative is a liberal without one.
Franco Modigliani ECONOMICS, 1985
BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH
659. Unconquerable England that did not submit to the war, but submitted the war to its habits and traditions. Adapted it to its proprieties. What a debt to her we had contracted when, alone, she stood fast against the monster!
Fraçois Jacob MEDICINE, 1965
660. No sum of money can adequately and appropriately express our gratefulness to the British people. What this country of our adoption gave us was not just a new home and livelihood . . . We also found a new and better way of life coming from an atmosphere of political oppression and persecution . . . We found a spirit of friendliness, humanity, tolerance and fairness. It is this way of life with which some of us, I for one, fell in love. We were given here a new home—not merely a shelter but a true home.
Hans Krebs MEDICINE, 1953
Speech in 1965 on behalf of ex-German refugees presenting a check to the presidents of the Royal Society and the British Academy in gratitude for the welcome they received in Britain
661. It was in Hopkins's laboratory where I saw for the first time at close quarters some of the characteristics of what is sometimes referred to as "the
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