American Quotes

I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

Christmas, my child, is love in action." ~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers.

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.

No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands. Nor does any American President have power approaching this

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people under one God saluting one American flag.

American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices to create new American music.

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.

I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.

A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.

The whole point of American culture is to pick up any old piece of trash and make it shine with more facets than the Hope Diamond.

The American dream only makes sense if you're sleeping.

In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking high-ranking U.S. military official Colonel Sanders.

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige

Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.

We all salute, with pride, the same American Flag. And we are equal - totally equal - in the eyes of Almighty God.

I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.

The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.

What if hamsters fought in the American Revolution?

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.

You can dream the American Dream But you sleep with the lights on And wake up with a scream

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.

This is the worst President ever. He [George W. Bush] is the worst President in all of American history.

There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

Be careful what you swallow. Chew!

The American dream? We don't have a dream in Britain because we're bloody awake!

It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.

It's my job to spread deviance to the American youth.

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from the political government.

The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women.

We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited.

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school in just 12 years.

The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows.