American Quotes

• I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.

  

  Mark Strand
  • American
  • Poetry

• We have a lot of positive, constructive American engagement here in Montreal - and none of it's from the Bush administration, which represents the single biggest threat to global progress.

  

  Elizabeth May
  • Progress
  • Engagement
  • George Bush administration

• I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the '80s it was pretty excellent.

  

  Jay McInerney
  • Book
  • Pretty
  • Friend

• President Obama became our first African American president, and for me, it is the stuff of which dreams are made.

  

  Kenny Leon
  • American

• The cliche in American politics is that one week is an eternity.

  

  Christopher Buckley
  • American

• This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.

  

  S. J. Perelman
  • Book
  • Together
  • Awards

• That is our generation’s task - to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Life
  • Real
  • Words

• As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better life for themselves, their families, and future generations.

  

  Jan Schakowsky
  • Life
  • American
  • Future

• I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen from all the years I put into the theater in New York City, and working, and having great parents who supported me through that.

  

  Allison Janney
  • Great
  • Women
  • Parents

• If the American public is so into morality in movies, why don't they throw more of their disposable income at religious-themed entertainment? For every 'Passion of the Christ,' there's a 'Fireproof' that comes and goes with no notice.

  

  John Ridley
  • Why
  • Passion
  • Religious

• There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean, this has been a running thread - and - and fault line in American life and American politics since its founding.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Life
  • America
  • Running

• The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.

  

  Kevin McCarthy
  • World
  • America
  • Freedom

• I'm no expert on American politics.

  

  Bjorn Lomborg
  • American

• Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people - not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene.

  

  Dierks Bentley
  • People
  • Music
  • Important

• I'm an American citizen. I pay my taxes. I want my equal rights. But this is my country, and consequently, I don't want to open up for ISIS or for anybody that will take away what we've already gained.

  

  Jim Brown
  • Up
  • Country
  • American

• We have to frankly break the back of the secular-socialist machine, elect people committed to representing the American people, and then methodically rip the system apart.

  

  Newt Gingrich
  • People
  • American
  • Rip

• A report released by the Partnership for a New American Economy and the Partnership for New York City predicts that by 2018, there will be 800,000 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs in the United States that require a master's degree or higher - and only around 550,000 American-graduates with this training.

  

  Marvin Ammori
  • Science
  • City
  • Technology

• I am not anti-Bush. I am not pro-Iraq. I am pro-peace. I have written a song and created a video which expresses my feelings about our culture and values and illusions of what many people believe is the American dream - the perfect life. Madonna Quotes.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • People
  • Life
  • Believe

• I'm also a big 'American Idol' fan. I think it's just great fun.

  

  Jim Parsons
  • Great
  • American
  • Fun

• Yes, I'm ashamed of my participation as a taxpayer in American drone bombing.

  

  Anohni
  • American

• The time has come for President Obama to formally rescind his order to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and end his irresponsible allegations of injustices at the facility, which operates in a framework that respects the rule of law, keeps terrorists off American soil, and bolsters our national security.

  

  Jason Chaffetz
  • Time
  • American
  • Law

• I grew up in a Chinese American enclave where the person who lived down the street had literally lived down the street from my mother in Shanghai.

  

  Jenny Zhang
  • Up
  • Mother
  • Chinese

• Natural-born American means you don`t have to be naturalized. You were born to an American mother, like President Obama, no matter where you were born.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • Mother
  • Mean
  • President

• While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

  

  John Podhoretz
  • American
  • Future
  • Negativity

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