Quotes about america
american-entertainer children
Children are so used to seeing puppets that when they see a real ventriloquist they don't understand it. Paul Winchell
america behind capture contract newt
Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget through. He had to get the Contract With America through. He has done that. Pete du Pont
american-musician man
A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest. Paul Simon
american-novelist
There's no one thing that is true. They're all true. Ernest Hemingway
american-businessman
If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big. Donald Trump
american-journalist business gathering
We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.
american-businessman arbiter blessings boundless events gratitude human nation sovereign
The gratitude of the nation to the Sovereign Arbiter of All Human Events should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy.
american-musician healthier whatever
I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you. Bill Withers
american-celebrity watching
You are watching what greatness, is all about. Brent Musburger
american-architect becoming believe business cusp objects potential tremendous
I believe Business Objects is on the cusp of becoming a multi-billion-dollar sales company. There is tremendous growth potential for business intelligence.
american-firstlady either frames hall lock pictures
I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall want to come out of their frames for a friendly chat. Bess Truman
american-author cheerful plus writer
The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief. Fred Saberhagen
american-critic scenes
There are scenes here and effects here that would make George S. Patton wince. Joel Siegel
american-entertainer
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either. Dick Cavett
american-author media regular
Eventually the story would spill over into the regular media. David Brock
american-director both job men
If two men on a job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless. Darryl F. Zanuck
american-judge decided future
I decided that the only way there would be a future was to start to cut back.
american-activist forbids human insist invaded life principle sacred society themselves valid whatever
I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can. Benjamin Tucker
america course learned legal looking marriage wonder
I've learned that most of gay America is coupled up, or looking to be. No wonder gay marriage has such traction. So many of us are already in it, so of course we want the legal benefits. Bruce Vilanch
american-journalist charged knew prosecutor required whether
The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oath, whether he did it willfully. I think that's required of any prosecutor who is charged with an investigation of this. Barbara Olson
american-director atmosphere audience loose odd register somehow
It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments that somehow mean a lot to an audience when they really register right. Barry Levinson
american-artist telling
You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the pace. Bill Sienkiewicz
american-businessman business leadership
You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
american-businessman best form matter problem reduced
No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.
american-author face gift pictures
It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football, before there were face guards. Gregg Easterbrook
american-author behave beings human
It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early that evening when the Times story ran. That was an overreaction. All human beings under pressure behave poorly.
american-athlete bell
When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing. Gerry Cooney
america assets best diverse environment national people prepare
The best thing we can do is prepare people to lead in a much more diverse environment and see that as one of our national assets and one of the things that makes America strong. Gerald Chertavian
american-activist defence effected initiation principle state though
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
american-musician interested listening number people realized
I hadn't realized the number of people that are still interested in listening to what I am doing, people I would never know about if not for being online. Edgar Winter
america caribbean freedom leave man mark pacific reason swimming
There's no one here in America swimming the Pacific Ocean - or the Atlantic, or the Caribbean - to leave this place. The reason why is because of the freedom. Freedom for a man to mark out his own destiny. It's not, 'Hey, you have so much.' Luke Scott
american-artist human maybe side
Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. Edward Hopper
american-novelist atom rather sleepy
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Jack London