Quotes of: American-literature Keyword

Jim: Are you with the American Fleet? Frank: American Fleet! Looks like you lost your shirt kid.

Empire of the Sun

It's been a hard time to celebrate, to come out with a smile. But I'm an American. Naomi asked me to come out to support other Americans, and here I am.

Angie Everhart

I've long been interested in looking at the culture of consumerism and also was interested in this connection between the American dream and the house, and the house being kind of the ultimate expression of self and success.

Lauren Greenfield

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

Henry Adams

At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at the same time in the same hotel.

Rudolf Arnheim

California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?

Denis Kearney

I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love.

Mitt Romney

I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs.

Rebel Wilson

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