Nations
I do not know the American gentleman, god forgive me for putting two such words together.
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The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing.
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In America sex is an obsession; in other parts of the world it is a fact.
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The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
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In America, the young are always ready to give those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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You can always count on Americans to do the right thing — after they've tried everything else.
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Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
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America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual intervention of civilization.
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The French think they're better than us [Americans]. And in many ways, they are. But they're also shits.
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How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
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The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.
—, Ecce Homo
If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
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You don't have to be crazy to be a Zionist, but it certainly helps.
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Some people like Jews and some do not; but no thoughtful man can doubt the fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
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