Quotes of: American-life Keyword

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.

Branford Marsalis

My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists.

Emma Watson

Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.

John Oates

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.

Anthony Braxton

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.

Albert Bushnell Hart

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.

Marya Mannes

American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though.

Noel Gallagher

American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

Helen Mirren

Dart Player: Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors. Chess Player: Beware the moon, lads.

An American Werewolf in London

Nurse Susan Gallagher: He's a Jew. Alex: How do you know? Nurse Susan Gallagher: I've had a look.

An American Werewolf in London

David: [while transforming] I didn't mean to call you a meat loaf, Jack!

An American Werewolf in London

Dart Player: You made me miss. Jack: Sorry. Dart Player: I've never missed that board before.

An American Werewolf in London

Dart Player: [to Dr. Hirsch] He'll change, He'll... Chess Player: THAT'S ENOUGH!... That's enough.

An American Werewolf in London

Alf: Here! Who's there? Ted: That's not Winston! Alf: Look! There! Joseph: Mary, mother of God!

An American Werewolf in London

Jack: [to the truck driver] You have very beautiful sheep.

An American Werewolf in London

[last lines] Alex: I love you David.

An American Werewolf in London

Hospital Porter: Don't ask me, I'm just an orderly. I push things around.

An American Werewolf in London

People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans.

Amy Bloom

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Albert Einstein

I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.

Archie Panjabi

I think of Superman as the ultimate vanilla hero. He's this perfect refugee, this perfect immigrant from another planet who embodies the American dream.

Antje Traue