Quotes of: American-life Keyword

Those for whom things came easily usually made less of an effort, not more.

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

Spirituality without conversion is just plain dry.

A Bright New Morning: An American Story

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.

Johnny Otis

I always, always got to be the last man standing.

American Vampire, Vol. 2

... anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.

The American Heiress

You are either on Wall Street or you’re a bum and there’s nothing in between.

The American Spellbound

No one knows how another person feels in private.

How to Make an American Quilt

It's easy to be disciplined when you have no freedoms.

Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger

How become a writer? Naturally.

Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

I simply want to do what I can to have the best Congress possible representing the American people.

Jim Moran

Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.

Natalie Massenet

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.

Naomi Wolf

Well, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad.

Paul A. Volcker

Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.

Rafael Cruz

I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

Raul Labrador

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

Samuel P. Huntington

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.

Simon Pegg

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.

Sting

Martin Luther King was a leader for all Americans on our own professed values.

Taylor Branch

I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

Toby Jones

The reason that the American Navy does so well in wartime is that war is chaos, and the Americans practice chaos on a daily basis.

Karl Dönitz