American Quotes
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Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.
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I definitely have been approached and reached out to by a lot of young Asian American and Asian women, which has been really cool for me.
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When a part of our nation gets knocked down, we come together to help pick it up again. No questions asked. That's the American way, and I would expect every single member of Congress to support that sentiment with their words, their actions, and their votes.
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I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.
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Over the past several years, all of us as Canadians, and as members of the North American cultural and economic environment, have been to a greater or lesser extent party to a significant attitudinal change towards our culture.
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Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
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From a distance, the American political system is a remarkable success. We have accomplished the peaceful transfer of power for more than two hundred years, and that's unmatched by any civilization in human history. Up close, our political system still has all the ugliness and bad actors that you might suspect.
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Gay TV has been immensely important in transforming American culture in a more gay-positive direction.
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I'd have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?
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American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.
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I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion - very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions.
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The threat posed by Bank of America isn't just financial - it's a full-blown assault on the American dream. Where's the incentive to play fair and do well, when what we see rewarded at the highest levels of society is failure, stupidity, incompetence and meanness? If this is what winning in our system looks like, who doesn't want to be a loser?
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People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the American sound on our TV. That's why American actors have a hard time with foreign accents.
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Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future.
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The Senate voted 59 to 39 in favor of an amendment I offered to the Budget Resolution calling on the Fed to tell the American people who they loaned $2.2 trillion to and how much each bank received.
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When I was general director of City Opera, we were pioneers in the practice of projecting supertitles so that American audiences finally could know what all the singing was about.
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I see success as bringing some confidence back to the American people that despite our differences, we can find some ways to move forward.
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For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard.
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There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas.
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My 14-year-old grandniece is not allowed to watch 'American Horror Story' yet.
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I have such pride in furthering the American musical and using it as a way to tell story.
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A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it's better to produce 'real things' than services. American consumers value health care and haircuts as much as washing machines and hair dryers.
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The first time, we did not know what change would look like. Now we do. The first time, we did not know Barack Obama. Now we do. Which dream will we carry into 2016? The American dream or Obama's dream? The future is not in my hands. It's not even in Obama's hands. The future is in your hands.
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I want to take Ryan Seacrest's job. I want his job on 'American Idol.'
