Quotes of: American-economy Keyword

'Socialist' is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters.

Jay McInerney

I don't know what we did without Velcro in the American theater. It's a miracle substance! People had long intermissions, probably.

Jefferson Mays

American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.

Jerry Moran

We know that Medicare's going broke in seven years, but we need to start over. That's what the American people want us to do.

John McCain

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually.

John M. McHugh

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.

J. B. Priestley

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

James Reston

Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records.

Jim Ramstad

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

John Ratzenberger

My advice to American filmmakers is to marry a European. I'm not kidding. Otherwise they don't qualify for international co-production treaties.

Jeremy Thomas

A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or two.

John Updike

My interest generally is the hidden Americans; the ones who live far away from the headlines.

John Updike

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want.

James Q. Wilson

American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.

Dave Barry

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

David Dinkins

Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.

Dinesh D'Souza

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's what's in our souls.

Duncan D. Hunter

There's probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for.

Donald Judd

Labour day is a great American holiday that people celebrate by going out and buying products made in China

David Letterman

It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.

David Mamet