America Quotes (7994 Quotes)

I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind.

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know.

We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.

The superficiality of the American is the result of his hustling. It needs leisure to think things out it needs leisure to mature. People in a hurry cannot think, cannot grow, nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.

We keep growing all the time and ship everywhere right across North America. It sounds funny, but we're sending our boots to places like Texas and Florida.

My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

These stock option grants are an insult and add injury in a market of skyrocketing healthcare costs in America ... we find this intolerable and unsustainable.

All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America.

And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger.

The U. S. Army remains committed to thoroughly investigating each battlefield death case. We owe this to the families and to the American public and we take this seriously.

Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in raising a family, providing guidance to the young, all the stuff we say we need. America will work if we're all in it together. It'll work when there's a shared sense of destiny. It can be done!

Putting Karl Rove in charge makes no sense whatsoever, ... He has no resume and no skills other than running political campaigns -- and if he is being put in place to protect the president politically, that decision does not serve the best interests of the American people, nor of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.

But Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America, said the call did nothing to clear her doubts about Miers. I'm still looking for something tangible, ... I didn't hear anything that I hadn't seen or read before.

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.

I respect the president, ... The president of the United States was re-elected by a majority of the American people, and I respect his right. And I will work with the president obviously and with the secretary of defense.

Yesterday, one of the reddest regions in America turned a whole lot bluer.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

It is unacceptable for somebody to come to our country illegally and then prey on an American citizen and not receive a severe penalty.

Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

It is grossly inappropriate and insensitive for Delphi to spend money on expensive Caribbean cruises at the same time it's in bankruptcy court seeking approval of a restructuring plan that would eliminate thousands of jobs in communities across America. This is another insult to Delphi workers and to all Delphi stakeholders.

The idea behind the museum was that this office is as old as the country, and the story of America is closely tied to invention. This office was founded on the idea that creativity and innovation should be encouraged, and you can actually see that here.

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

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

To be an American and to be in business today, you have the opportunity to influence and continue these changes that are going around the world.

President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader.

When you talk about young kids living in the hood, everywhere in the world, American music, American dress, American attitude is really important.

There's no question the economy's in big trouble, ... We have to look at what's good for the average American.

My opponents on the inside have said that the American people shouldn't hold them responsible for everything that happens because we don't understand how things work in Washington,

Historically, Europeans have been fanatical about their chocolate, especially dark chocolate. Slowly, that trend has made its way to America.

Millions of American seniors will soon be eligible for significant savings on the annual cost of their medications.

We are awed by their sacrifice and their bravery, and we want them and their families to know that they have the profound respect and gratitude of every American,

If it were up to the candidates for president on the Republican side, we would be driving foreign cars. They would have let the auto industry in America go down the tubes.

But, although America cannot be justly charged with violating the rights of Turkey, Turkey nevertheless can be justly charged with violating the rights of America.

Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.

Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America.

Overall, there's no question we took a hit across the board to some degree. But we've discovered a rebound effect is already under way. A number of American patients test-drove Medicare. ... Now they are returning to us in larger ... numbers after they have experienced the bitter fruit of Medicare.

What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren the tab for fighting a war, letting them pay for the lion's share of it by simply adding it to the national debt.

We don't accept the notion that America is a country where a privileged few live well while the rest of us struggle to meet our daily expenses, ... We're going to fight for something better.

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.

I dont know. I would love to do some TV, but what Id really love is to see Memphis on Broadway. It would be the crowning jewel in my careerif my career were ending in a few years (laughs) but its one of those roles that you just love doing I cant wait for it to come here be seen. It is (not to sound dramatic or anything) but a triumph and return to the American Musical.

The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.

But he had all of those experiences last year. And granted they were at the American Hockey League level, but those were still experiences at that level which was the highest level that there was. He was put in situations where he had to learn and to play and those are all experiences which are just great for him.

Chappelle, who loved the joke, could never make time to film. The directors were lucky enough to catch Chris Rock backstage, with camera in hand. As for the venerable Richard Pryor, Every comedian in America wishes they were Richard Pryor, ... We could hear him laughing and coughing in the background.

Our agreement basically says that if they want to buy Reno Airlines, and if they want to operate it, that they bring the pilots under the American Airlines seniority list, and pay them benefits.

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

It is time to give this country back to its rightful owners, the American people. I believe that together we can make our nation great again and restore the American dream for all.

Not as long as Armstrong is riding. Asked at the end of the second week whether he thought he was too much of a force for the Tour's own good, ... I don't know. But I know that I love the race. I love everything that it stands for. It is what they pay me to do. This is my job. They say, 'Lance, we want you to win the Tour de France.' That's what the team wants, what the sponsors want, what cycling fans in America want, what cancer survivors around the world want.