American Quotes
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An All-American is an ordinary person with an extraordinary desire to excel. You don't get to the top of the mountain by just dreaming. It's nice to dream. But it's the work ethic and pride that makes you get to that mountain top and that level of success.
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There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship, we pledge allegiance to one flag and that flag is the American Flag!
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People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
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Rand Paul comes off like an academic stiff who wants to give us a lecture on American civics.
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Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'
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No section of the American populace has been more completely deceived by the forces interested in keeping the truth from the people than America's youth.
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Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation on a private railroad company; the Korematsu decision in 1944, upholding Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens, mostly Japanese Americans; and the Roe decision in 1973, imposing abortion on the entire nation; are examples of the consequences of activist Courts and justices.
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If you take guys like Exequiel Bustillo, the architect who designed the early park infrastructure in Argentina, or the great American architects, these guys had a vision that thrust the national park idea into the public eye.
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As an American writer, the literary tradition that I draw on the most is the Anglo-American one, and when you are writing in this tradition, the Orientalizing Western gaze is something you have to constantly push against as well as compromise with.
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Never, ever lose sight of the power of one individual American. They can have an unbelievable magnifying affect just by the very fact they make up their mind to do so!
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I am an American citizen, and I have visited Israel on a couple of occasions.
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As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by an average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place.
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I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
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Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.
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Needless to say, it was the greatest of privileges to serve with the selfless men and women - Iraqi and American and those of our coalition partners, civilian as well as military - who did the hard, dangerous work of the surge. There seldom was an easy period; each day was tough.
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Apollo 11 was the movie premiere of moon landings, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Neil was a bit of a mystic, but also a taciturn guy from what I can tell. He really saw the moon as looking like the American high desert. He wasn't someone who dealt in metaphors.
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I grew up in Canada and was a huge Spider-Man fan, and never thought of Spider-Man as an American hero.
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No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.
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Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.
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American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet.
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No, I do not have dual citizenship with Israel. I'm an American.
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On the much revered family of North American mythology - and a metaphor for the Ruling Alliance: Sacred family! .... The supposed home of all the virtues, where innocent children are tortured into their first falsehoods, where wills are broken by parental tyranny, and self-respect smothered by crowded, jostling egos.
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In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.
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The American Health Care Act is not perfect, but it is an important step in reforming our broken healthcare system to help families in our district.
