American Quotes
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The American multinational companies made millions and millions of dollars from globalization.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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Some guy refuses to fight and we call that the sin, but he's standing up for what he believes in and that seems pretty damned American to me.
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We will remember that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea:- Yes. We. Can.
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I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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The American people deserve answers about Benghazi before we move forward with military involvement in Syria's civil war.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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I hate kitchens. I don't understand these enormous American kitchens that take up half the living room and then they just order pizza.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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I’ve lived here for 20 years and I have been a citizen for 10 years. I hope I am a good one. I know I don’t take it for granted. I feel I am an awfully lucky person to be an American and I think that every naturalized American and every person born in this land should kneel on his knees every morning and utter a prayer for being an American.
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
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Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many other great American companies.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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Harvard has been almost as important to the American Jewish community as the pork-sausage industry.
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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
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I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.
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News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.
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When you ask people who their favorite comedian is or favorite African-American comedian, people generally say Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, or Richard Pryor. Redd Foxx gets left out a lot.
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Because the Asian market is so omnivorous, it affects all the shark populations up and down the Central and South American coast, and to a certain extent the East Coast of the United States as well.
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Unfortunately, one of the biggest misperceptions the American public harbors is that Katrina was a week-long catastrophe. In truth, it's better to view it as an era.
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As a Greek-American, I am especially pleased that Ambassador Negroponte has earned the honor of being nominated to this most prominent position of responsibility in the intelligence community. He is a role model to all Greek-Americans, making the entire Hellenic community proud.
