The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.

Quote by Louis Kronenberger

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, People Quotes

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species...

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species...

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death...

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death...

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to...

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to...

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to...

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to...

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make...

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make...

Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.

Beauty's sister is vanity, and its daughter lust.

There are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well--...

There are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well--...

I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in...

I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

Vanity, like murder, will out

Vanity, like murder, will out

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad...

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad...

Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the...

Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there...

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own