America Quotes
Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift.
In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.
Agriculture was the first manufacturing industry in America and represents the best of all of us.
There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.
No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.
You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! The British journalist. But seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to!
Paris is so very beautiful that it satisfies something in you that is always hungry in America.
If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
Identity in America is complicated but it's also simple: it's about whom you identify with and who identifies with you.
An increase in the relative price of products from the low wage manufacturers in Asia and Latin America will also make those products less attractive to American consumers.
America has the power, but not the will to fight terrorism. The terrorists have the will, but not the power to fight America, but all that could change with time.
In America there is a channel called TruTV which is just reruns of 'Cops' and 'World's Dumbest Criminals'. I could watch that the entire day.
Elvis' disappearing body is like a flashing event horizon at the edge of the black hole that is America today.
I don't get out of bed for less than $50 a day. I want to make that clear to America. This is a new age of androgynous supermodels. We don't get out of bed for less than $50 a day.
One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun
Only in America does 'health' 'care' 'reform' begin with the hiring of 16,500 new IRS agents tasked with determining whether your insurance policy merits a fine.
It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.
For the first time in 150 years, the USDA reported there were more farms in America, not fewer. That has to make you happy.
Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.
America today is a confused society, caught up in a terror war, a culture war, and a media war, where honesty and professional standards have vanished.
It's the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among our adult population.
America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
It has taken us that long to get the deaf, dumb, and blind black men in the wilderness of North America to wake up and understand who they are.
Slowly but surely, we're beginning to turn the tide on childhood obesity in America. Together, we are inspiring leaders from every sector to take ownership of this issue.
The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian heritage from the public square.
No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.
So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.
Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.
I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.
For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.
As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager.
The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.
After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history.
Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.
America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation.
America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.