Quotes about america
american-activist future needs wrongs
To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves. Carrie Chapman Catt
american-businessman harder luck
I think the harder you work, the more luck you have. Dave Thomas
american-businessman beginning everybody god
In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.
american-athlete work
Practice, work hard, and give it everything you have. Dizzy Dean
american-soldier capable carry following further offense particular proper reasons resigned stop therefore
It may not be proper for me, perhaps, to let my feelings carry me further am therefore resigned to stop here, if sir, you think my particular reasons following too free, or will give offense to the House, which I would be sorry to be thought capable of intending. Christopher Gadsden
america attention buzz certainly classic example foods latest nutrition pay tendency term threw value
While it's important to look for foods made without trans fat, that's certainly not the only value to pay attention to. Americans have a tendency to overreact over the latest buzz term in the nutrition world. The low-fat craze of the '70s and '80s is the classic example that threw America off balance.
american-musician darkness far matter whatever
When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems. Jan Berry
american-athlete stop truly york
When I went to the New York Mets, I got there at my first stop at 19. And I was overwhelmed by being there, and truly intimidated. Nolan Ryan
america central continent doors opened richest south start
We've opened up our doors to Mexico, Central and South America, to all of Asia, and here is the richest continent we've got, ... We have to start somewhere. Charles Rangel
american-educator honorary states united
The president of the United States and his secretary of state were made honorary Hebrews. Julius Streicher
america central communists debates denying great whose
The populations of Central America are very, very small indeed, so that while no one was denying and this was one of the great debates we used to have, whose fault was it that there were communists were able to do so well down there, well, that wasn't the point. John Negroponte
american-activist people
Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black. Charles Evers
american-journalist dollars drop job newsroom program union
Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week. Andrea Mitchell
americas best cars challenge lead level next operations producing sustained trucks
(Fields') next challenge is to lead The Americas automotive operations back to a sustained level of profitability while producing the best cars and trucks in the industry, Bill Ford
american-businessman definition
It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted. David Geffen
american-businessman harder money thinks
Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.
american-coach breaks rear shine
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day. Darrell Royal
american-writer attempt cannot darkness knowing seeing truth
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. Frank Herbert
american-author nature
And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man. Chaim Potok
american-businessman centuries device took wheel
Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now any microchip device can be in use around the world in weeks. Dee Hock
american-businessman essential judgment radically requires reward uncommon whose
It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
american-businessman believe government people servant
I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. David Rockefeller
american-scientist apparent behaving behavior complexity environment human largely quite time viewed
Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves. Herbert Simon
american-activist suffered words
He suffered from a rush of words to the head. Herbert Samuel
american-activist people tolerant
It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
american-activist man
An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived.
american-activist condemning consists people wholly
The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.
american-writer education receptive withhold
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. Agnes Repplier
american-writer chiefly generally gets kitten remarkable stopping
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.
american-president consists oft wisdom
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover
american-entertainer man
A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once. Ed Wynn
american-athlete anybody base game man played proud
I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball. Eddie Murray
american-athlete feeling great greatest join played players today
Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.