Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.
The American automobile has changed the habits of every member of modern society.
Most of my younger Native American friends are not in any way looking for sympathy, and they're not looking to lay guilt on anybody. They have their dignity, and they do what they do.
I was the principal negotiator for the Department of Defense, when I was secretary of the Navy, on the issue of Toshiba technology concerns with American submarines.
You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement.
I am drawn to Americana, and I am drawn to gothic stories, and I love American gothic stories.
I continue to believe that the American people have a love-hate relationship with inflation. They hate inflation but love everything that causes it.
Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure.
My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.
The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast.
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.
My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn't last very long.
The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.
Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.
I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.
Angela Hayes: I don't think that there's anything worse than being ordinary.
Lester Burnham: You don't get to tell me what to do ever again.
