Quotes about america
american-journalist intelligence-and-intellectuals listen lone snob william
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger. Dan Rather
american-athlete life
Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
american-poet
It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything. Joseph Brodsky
american-athlete bestow beyond fame fit great hall saw thanks words
The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today. Hank Stram
american-athlete field helped people wonderful
As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
american-musician recording
They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice. Freddy Fender
american-athlete remain
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army. Frederick the Great
american-athlete experience good
What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?
american-athlete later shall
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.
american-artist
A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
american-artist cannot outlawed
Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
american-artist fellow
The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.
american-artist art counting instead
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
american-artist business operator technician
In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
american-artist
Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
american-author cheerful plus writer
The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief. Fred Saberhagen
american-musician dynamic taylor
Taylor being married and so on, that does evolve the dynamic on the road. Isaac Hanson
american-musician change home list night sure unique
What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool.
american-novelist best left
The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out. Irwin Shaw
american-novelist
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
america
America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. Ivan Krastev
america chinese controls crisis daring democracy dream europe falling form government internet love model people prison puts result west
The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are disillusioned with democracy do not dream about the Chinese model or any other form of authoritarian rule. They do not dream about government that controls Internet and puts in prison those daring to disagree.
america argue collective critics device diverse ethnic gave groups informed melting mix national notion pot producing religious
America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily mix together, producing a new, American identity. And while critics may argue that the melting pot is a national myth, it has tenaciously informed the America's collective imagination.
america country interested man money observed phone selling south talking wax
I observed a man sourcing candle wax from South America and selling it to Japan. I thought: 'That's unbelievable. Talking on the phone in his office, that man made money moving candle wax from one country to another.' It really interested me. Ivan Glasenberg
america country exploding full good half love quarter violent
A quarter of America is a dramatic, tense, violent country, exploding with contradictions, full of brutal, physiological vitality, and that is the America that I have really loved and love. But a good half of it is a country of boredom, emptiness, monotony, brainless production, and brainless consumption, and this is the American inferno. Italo Calvino
america capable capacity force latin people specific
We all have that capacity to lose our humanity when circumstances force us to do so. It's not specific to people who live in Africa or Latin America or Asia. And equally, we are capable of regaining ourselves. Ishmael Beah
american-athlete develop group maintain needed terms younger
We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things. Isaiah Thomas
american-athlete choice gave handle larry million needed situation work
My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.
american-athlete player playing
It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands.
american-athlete continue
I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team.
american-athlete basketball believe knicks talked
All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that.
american-athlete
Most players in this league say they want consistency.
american-athlete believe
I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work.