People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.

Quote by Alistair Cooke

Topics: Feelings Quotes, Nations Quotes, People Quotes

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like...

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity...

Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity...

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

It's an acting job - acting natural.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace...

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace...

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by...

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he...

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he...

No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers....

No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers....

When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the...

When David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...