Famous quotes containing the words united states, united, states and/or soccer:
“The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.”
—Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)
“It may be said that the elegant Swann’s simplicity was but another, more refined form of vanity and that, like other Israelites, my parents’ old friend could present, one by one, the succession of states through which had passed his race, from the most naive snobbishness to the worst coarseness to the finest politeness.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“If we were doing this in the Falklands they would love it. It’s part of our heritage. The British have always been fighting wars.”
—British soccer fan. quoted in Independent (London, Dec. 23, 1988)