Quotes of: American Keyword

The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.

Darrell Issa

As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.

Rick Perry

I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible.

Tim Walberg

In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.

Annie Jacobsen

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

Kim Dae Jung

The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock.

Noam Chomsky

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.

Robert Morgan

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

John Updike

I feel sad when I realize how much truth is being changed or obscured in the American media.

Sharon Stone

Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.

Chris Hardwick

It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.

Henry Chadwick

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

Lynn Swann

I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

Ahmet Ertegun

I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.

Edgar Winter

We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

Jonathan Cain

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.

Steve Vai

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

Taylor Hackford

Ensuring Americans have access to adequate medical care should be a priority for all of us.

Dave Reichert

Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.

Jack LaLanne

This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.

Sally Quinn