Subject: Places (Page 46)

I would like to live in Manchester, England; the transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I often say after eight years in Washington, I longed for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.

U.S. Senator (1942 – 2015) U.S. senator (Tennessee) & actor

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

(1918 – 1996) U.S. vice president & politician

First of all, I don't see America having problems.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

North Korea is the country that the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz came from.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

The greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

(1857 – 1938) American lawyer

All Englishmen talk as if they’ve got a bushel of plums stuck in their throats, and then after swallowing them get constipated from the pips.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Switzerland is simply a large humpy, solid rock, with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

That is what has made America last these past 200 centuries.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

In Alaska, we have just two seasons — this winter and next winter.

(1897 – 1991) American Air Force General

… as American as English muffins and French toast.

(1935 – ) English critic & author

There is, in fact, no law or government at all [in Italy]; and it is wonderful how well things go on without them.

(1788 – 1824) English poet