Quotes of: American-life Keyword

All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.

Jan C. Ting

They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports.

Martin Lewis Perl

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

Azar Nafisi

Those who have won the ovarian lottery by being born in an advanced society to loving parents have a special obligation to help restore the American Dream.

George Kaiser

I'm an American chef. I'm American. I live here. I love being here. But, of course, it is different. A black man's journey is different.

Marcus Samuelsson

I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.

Etta James

David: Maybe its a sheep dog... lets keep going

An American Werewolf in London

Alex: Benjamin, have you ever been severely beaten about the face and neck?

An American Werewolf in London

Mr. Collins: These dumb ass kids. They never appreciate what you do for them.

An American Werewolf in London

I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.

Ami Bera

I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as far as I'm aware, no Middle Eastern blood.

Adam Rayner

I just bought a Jeep painted like an American flag. No one better question how patriotic I am.

Blake Anderson

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

Karl Rove

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.

Wallace Stevens

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.

Donna Brazile

Heights plummeted because of a little disaster called civilization. "Heights go way down when we go into state society," says Bogin. "When Egypt conquered the Nile area, the height of peasants fell dramatically. They moved from having access to a wid...

The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High

All poor people ain't black/ and all black people ain't poor.

African-American

Mothers raise their daughters and let their sons grow up.

African-American

Whoever has a tail of straw should not hesitate near the fire.

Latin American

The Sniper must not be susceptible to emotions such as anxiety and remorse,

Crosshairs on the Kill Zone: American Combat Snipers, Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom

The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.

The Cycles of American History