American Quotes

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt.

I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

The President also talked at length about how well the American economy is doing. Apparently, he got his information on this topic from his millionaire supporters. For the average working family, these are trying economic times.

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old.

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.

Right now I'd love to be sitting on a Greek island somewhere because of being Greek American, eating great octopus salad and some fantastic lamb. Or sipping a little ouzo. I think the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest... Lots of nuts, vegetables, fruits, fresh fish, lean meats, yogurt.

President Obama made the right choice, over one million Americans are still working today. The American auto industry is not just surviving. It is thriving. Where Mitt Romney was willing to turn his back on Akron, Dayton and Toledo, Ohio, the president said, 'I've got your back.'

The American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can't give them that but let's always keep it in mind.

My Norwegian family says, 'You're the most grounded American we've ever met.'

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.

First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money.

Black history is American history.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers.

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

The older painting - well, it does have an effect all at once, I suppose, but it's of a lesser intensity than a lot of the American work in the last ten or fifteen years.

I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.