American Usage Quotes

#1. 'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.

Mal Peet

#2. Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.

Samuel Johnson

#3. In general, everyone wants to work and work more. But in fact, when a young generation has sufficient capability then we should create conditions for them to work.

Nong Duc Manh

#4. There are pop managers, and then there's Simon Cowell, who isn't gay, Jewish or particularly riveting. He's not without interest but he doesn't exactly have the hinterland of, say, Brian Epstein.

Peter York

#5. Perhaps we could write code to optimize code, then run that code through the code optimizer?

Stephen Hawking

#6. Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time.

Joshua Prince-Ramus

#7. I'm never quite sure what I'm looking for in a comic book! It just jumps off the page somehow and hits you square between the eyeballs and you know that's the artist for the story.

William Katt

#8. Things lak dat got uh whole lot tuh do wid convenience, but it ain't got nothin' tuh do wid love.

Zora Neale Hurston

#9. I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.

Pier Paolo Pasolini

#10. Don't be so hard on yourself. Be a little harder on yourself. Learn from your experiences. Don't dwell on things. Get on with your life.

Cathy Moriarty

#11. At the end of the sermon, all the faithful were to come forward and take an oath of allegiance to the Holy Inquisition.

Jeffrey Gorsky

#12. The man could kiss. She'd thought his kisses were irresistible all those years ago when she'd been young and naive. Now, as an adult, she knew she'd never be able to resist him or his kiss.

Cat Johnson

#13. The city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens and integrates its citizens.

Eduardo Paes

#14. I have two bowls of confidence for breakfast each morning.

Eric Bristow