Quotes of: American-league Keyword

American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.

Monica Crowley

Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.

Karen DeCrow

I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.

Leah Ward Sears

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

Cecil B. DeMille

I've never understood the cult of Hitchcock. Particularly the late American movies... Egotism and laziness. And they're all lit like television shows.

Orson Welles

Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.

Pauline Kael

Lester Burnham: Good. I'm looking for the least possible amount of responsibility.

American Beauty

Carolyn Burnham: I will sell this house today, I will sell this house today.

American Beauty

Frank Lucas: The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

American Gangster

Rossi: More important than one man's life is order.

American Gangster

Curt Henderson: What did you say? Wait, what did you say?

American Graffiti

Curt Henderson: Listen, I still gotta find that blonde.

American Graffiti

Jean: What's that? Patrick Bateman: Duct tape. I need it for... taping something.

American Psycho

Patrick Bateman: [to drycleaner] If you don't shut your fucking mouth, I will kill you.

American Psycho

Craig McDermott: Cheer up, Bateman. What's the matter? No shiatsu this morning?

American Psycho

Lamont: Just remember, in here, you the nigga. Not me.

American History X

Colonel Nicholson: Queer bird... even for an American.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

T. Boone Pickens

The Rockwell magazine cover was more a part of the American reality than a record of it.

Arthur C. Danto

Who cares about that stuff? This is America, not Jerusalem. I'm an American. Let Harry be a Jew.

Arnold Rothstein

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

Al Smith