Israel Horovitz Quotes
My dream is to have a small company in France.
What makes this quotation particularly funny is that “entrepreneur” is not originally an English word but was borrowed from the French. However, probably what the president was trying to express is that the French act as if they had not word or concept as they have many economic policies that discourage entrepreneurship. The President while a bright man has never been particularly gifted as an intellectual or an orator, becomes the butt of humor with this quotation. There are Bush supporters who challenge the fact that Bush actually made such a gaff, and there has been no other verification other than Baroness Williams.
Romney a very successful businessman was the son of the president of one of the major Automobile companies and even exceeded his father’s business accomplishment. However, he was very much out of touch with, and ignorant of, most people’s realities. What was sad about this remark, was that he did not want to embarrass any of the students. He simply assumed that the norm in America was to have parents who had money to lend. Romney lost handily to Barack Obama.
Israel Horovitz was an American playwright, director, actor and co-founder of the Gloucester Stage Company in 1979. He served as artistic director until 2006 and later served on the board, ex officio and as artistic director emeritus until his resignation in November 2017 after The New York Times reported allegations of sexual misconduct.
