Quotes of: African-americans Keyword

The artistic reward for refuting the received national tradition is liberation. The price is homelessness. Interior exile.

Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil

When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life.

Free-Thought on the American Frontier

the flanger setting ... makes it sound as if the chord is being chewed over thoughtfully by a large genie accustomed to telling long, implausible stories

Guitar: An American Life

a guitar store is the only place in the known universe where a guy will allow himself to shop like a woman

Guitar: An American Life

On a medical school professor noted for slowly, carefully interviewing the patient: "He taught the love of truth.

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

[T]o really try to be informed and literate today is to feel stupid nearly all the time, and to need help.

The Best American Essays 2007

Life is about putting on hats. You have to know which ones you wear best.

A Bright New Morning: An American Story

The world is a beautiful place, you just don't see it all the time.

A Bright New Morning: An American Story

Take the time to get it right. There'll be gas tomorrow night

The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the a...

Ivan Illich

I always thought of myself as more American than Americans when I was living in Germany, because I always had this attitude of can-do, and if you're successful, you can show it, which is a very un-German thing, you know.

Kim Dotcom

By requiring all 30 million Americans age 18 to 25 to perform two years of national service, in the military or civilian life, we will be asking for a shared sacrifice from all American citizens.

Charles B. Rangel

Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this mile...

Jon Porter

Take all of this Book upon reason that you can, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man.

Abraham Lincoln : Theologian of American Anguish

I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house." [ , Oct. 10, 1842]

The American Notebooks

I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm tired of these stinky boots

An American Prayer

That is the true challenge--to work within a narrow confine. To accept what you cannot have; that from which you cannot deviate.

How to Make an American Quilt

Read "The Story of O." Convince yourself that it was in fact written by a woman or someone who thinks like a woman.

How to Make an American Quilt