"Americans," she said, repeating for me something she told the American Enterprise Institute, "you have taught me this stupid word: cool. Cool, cool, cool! Coolness, coolness, you've got to be cool. Coolness! When I speak like I speak now, with passion, you smile and laugh at me! I've got passion. They've got passion. They have such passion and such guts that they are ready to die for it."


"The Rage of Oriana Fallaci", in The New York Observer (27 January 2003)

Oriana Fallaci Quotes

Americans, she said, repeating for me something she told the American Enterprise Institute, you have taught me this stupid word: cool. Cool, cool,...

Americans, she said, repeating for me something she told the American Enterprise Institute, you have taught me this stupid word: cool. Cool, cool,...

Americans, she said, repeating for me something she told the American Enterprise Institute, you have taught me this stupid word: cool. Cool, cool,...

Americans, she said, repeating for me something she told the American Enterprise Institute, you have taught me this stupid word: cool. Cool, cool,...