The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You’d think the industry was run by a feminist cabal. – Hanna Rosin
The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq’s economy. – Hillary Clinton
Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history. – Howard Mumford Jones
If New Mexican voters believe the path to create American jobs is keeping taxes low, then they have an option. That’s my campaign. – Heather Wilson
When you watch the first ‘American Pie’ movie, you’re like… ‘I know that jock who’s kind of sweet and has a girlfriend, and I know that weird off-beat kid.’ – Hayden Schlossberg
The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives. – George William Norris
I am free to confess that I am disappointed with the Yosemite valley. It seems only about one-half as grand as the American Fork canyon. – Heber J. Grant
When I was growing up, Asians were so few and far between as to be almost invisible. And so the idea of an Asian American movement or an Asian American thrust in this country was unthinkable. – Grace Lee Boggs
Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone. – George William Norris
The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. – Hideki Tojo
There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways. – Hanya Yanagihara
Many artists in Mexico fight to be the Latina Madonna. I don’t want that! Never! Maybe she’s the American Gloria Trevi! – Gloria Trevi
I know only two words of American slang, ‘swell’ and ‘lousy’. I think ‘swell’ is lousy, but ‘lousy’ is swell. – J. B. Priestley
If the American public is so into morality in movies, why don’t they throw more of their disposable income at religious-themed entertainment? For every ‘Passion of the Christ,’ there’s a ‘Fireproof’ that comes and goes with no notice. – John Ridley
When I’m making an American film, it’s more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, ‘What are you doing!? Tell me first!’ There are so many restrictions. – Jackie Chan
Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that’s also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them. – Irwin Winkler
I think if German literature could survive the ’40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google. – Joshua Cohen
I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers. – James P. Hoffa
I’m a writer. In Latin America, they say I’m a Latin-American writer because I also write in Spanish and my books are translated, but I am an American citizen and my books are published here, so I’m also an American writer. – Isabel Allende
People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people. – Jeb Bush
Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives. – John Fleming
On a certain level, I don’t think there is an answer to what the American way is, because it is constantly being re-defined. It’s also been exploited and capitalized upon and politicized by one side or the other to the point that a certain degree of cynicism has attached itself to that term. – J. Michael Straczynski
The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11 only betray the inability of the government to determine the magnitude of the danger. – Jurgen Habermas
American foreign policy has been – and must continue to be – based on unequivocal support for Israel’s right to exist and to be free from terror. – Howard Berman
Some people choose to go on ‘American Idol’ or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label. – Jake Owen
