Americans Quotes · Page 28

We're Americans! Do you know what that means? It means our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world.

— Bill Murray

“THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET AMERICANS TO NOTICE ANYTHING IS TO TAX THEM OR DRAFT THEM OR KILL THEM,” Owen said.”

— John Irving

It's funny; people in Europe seem more interested in decay in America than Americans.

— Seph Lawless

Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.

— Victor Davis Hanson

Americans live with the certain knowledge that the source of their greatness has not yet been released.

— Ralph Steadman

I used to work as a tour guide for Americans. I'm convinced that even after four weeks on the road they had…

— Greg Wise

My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of…

— Himanshu Suri

I think what we've had in the past is the government has said, "Well, we need to collect the whole haystack." And…

— Rand Paul

A lot of Americans do not have an appreciation for our history. They do not understand the Constitution, why we have these…

— Charlie Sykes

We used to call the 1% the ruling class, but America's never felt comfortable using that terminology. It was taboo to talk…

— Eric Drooker

Americans love to talk about the Constitution and how it protects the rights of every citizen and promises freedom to every citizen,…

— Denzel Washington

“Later Ginika said, “You could have just said Ngozi is your tribal name and Ifemelu is your jungle name and throw in…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get…

— Lily Tomlin

You know the way it is: sometimes Americans think of us as their backward little cousin. It's the whole shamrock, potatoes, famine,…

— Sheamus

Americans love technology, like jet planes and hot rods and televisions. It's a real conflict between the denial of, "gee this is…

— Howard Rheingold

All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.

— Ed McMahon

This is the Democratic paradox: You want so much to run America and yet you seem not so fond of Americans.

— Peggy Noonan

Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Although dieting is a long standing American pastime, as a method of losing weight it stinks.”

— Kelly McGonigal

Americans don't think we should be raising taxes on anybody, especially in the middle of a recession.

— Mitch McConnell

We're not Democrats first. We're not Republicans first. We're Americans first. We're patriots first.

— Mitch McConnell

Although most Americans don't know it, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than it does from the entire Middle East.

— Jeff Goodell

“When good Americans die, they go to Paris,' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette.”

— Karen Chance

At some point we have to let Americans make the decision that they think is best for them and their family.

— Tate Reeves

Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'

— John Boehner

. . . Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world.

— Neil Postman

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the…

— Herman Melville

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

I like Americans. They always make an effort when they meet you. They want to be liked and to like you; it…

— Maria Schell

I think Americans did learn that you just are not going to be able to live well if you subordinate people on…

— Martha Nussbaum

Americans are like Pac Man. We just eat our way through the day. There's always something going into the mouth.

— Diane Lane

More than any audience in the world, Americans will cross their arms, stare at you and say, 'OK, whaddya got?' - no…

— Billy Corgan

In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

— Louis Susman

“It made no sense, the way Americans sometimes went bananas over certain people for absolutely no reason, as if they were just…

— Donald Ray Pollock

Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done…

— Laurence Overmire

Thing that was very different for me is that an American child's reading is filled with Americans.

— Laila Lalami

Americans have always risen to the moment, from defeating the scourge of fascism to bringing down the Iron Curtain.

— John Ratcliffe

“Many research findings show that most Americans already hold inflated opinions of themselves.”

— Anonymous

Americans willing to put themselves forward and serve their state or country in public office deserve our greatest admiration.

— Scott Bessent