quotes about Only In America

“My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail”

“The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have spent my whole career here.”

“A person with a poor mind set is always afraid to take risk.”

“The time is now. Now we can market in real time. Now we can market instantly.”

“I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team.”

Source : Interview with Ian Cobain, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.

“I have what I like to call a 'chinneck.' My chin just flows rather easily into my neck.”

“There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.”

Source : Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.17, Andrews McMeel Publishing

“I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.”

“What do you conceive God to be like? Some would say to believe at all in a personal God requires a giant leap of faith - but I am convinced that belief in God is a far more reasonable position than atheism. Nature, the personal experience of literally billions of people, and something innate in the heart of man all testify to the existence of God.”

“I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike.”