Words of Wisdom from My Father

My father is an important scholar of applied linguistics. He is also a gifted writer, whose short stories and novels have been published in several different countries. As a writer, he has this way of putting things that is wise, incisive, and hilarious. So I just wanted to share a small excerpt from our correspondence with my readers:

Americans love their flag like a wounded person loves his bandage. And they love the word 'America' as Shakespearians like the word 'Shakespeare', the only difference being that Shakespeare dropped no bombs on anybody.

Now do you see where I get my brilliant wit?

Here is more:

America teaches the whole world human rights - which makes it look like a teacher who never attended school.

 I will share these two statements with my students tomorrow and see what happens.