Quotes of: North-american Keyword

The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective.

Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist

It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

American Psycho

I think a lot of snowflakes are alike...and I think a lot of people are alike too.

American Psycho

Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.

Wesley Morris

I had always been warned that American didn't always get sarcasm

I Heart New York

American corporate capitalism is a murder-suicide mission.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

in Detroit, in July of 1967, what happened was no less than a guerrilla uprising. The Second American Revolution.

Middlesex

To [the government] it didn't matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong.

The Secret of the Universe

Have you ever seen ? Well, I'm not American. I'm not a werewolf, and this isn't London.

Tall, Dark & Hungry

If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free.

Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means

Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.

Charles B. Rangel

Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the best health care system in the world.

David Limbaugh

The American people deserve to know that their elected leaders play by the exact same rules that they play by and that their lawmakers' only interest is what's best for the country, not their own financial gain.

Kirsten Gillibrand

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.

Mark Strand

While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease.

Michael K. Simpson

I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback.

Robert Griffin III

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.

Virginia Foxx

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

H. L. Mencken

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.

Mira Nair

We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens.

Joe Wilson

'Moxie' is a name that was created by an American for the first national soft drink and then went on to mean chutzpah, and that's nice.

Penn Jillette