Un American Quotes

American government is like a train on a track. You have the people on the left shouting you have the people on the right. But the train's on track. They just keep ploughing ahead.

I'm Canadian. The only difference between dating American and Canadian guys is whether you'll be watching football or hockey. I have no preference.

I see a future where American companies lead the world in the production of hybrid-plug in cars and electric vehicles.

I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cry for pity.

Cars let us out of the barn and, while they were at it, destroyed the American nuclear family. As anyone who has had an American nuclear family can tell you, this was a relief to all concerned.

Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.

Honestly, the average American spends about 52 minutes a day in commute traffic. And as much as I love driving my car and many people like driving their car, commuting has never been fun for me.

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.

American poetry is this country's greatest patrimony. It takes a stranger to see some things clearly. This is one of them, and I am that stranger.

I have written about some truly great writers - John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, and William Faulkner. Faulkner and Frost were the very peaks of American poetry and fiction in the 20th century.

There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.

You talk about American technocracy and you find men on the moon, not once, but several times... and safely home again.

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.

The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.

I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.

The American automobile has changed the habits of every member of modern society.

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.

We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

I think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal.

As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.

I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.

I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world.

My dad and uncles were among the 125, 000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entire lives, considered their decision to serve during WWII as their greatest honor.