Americans Quotes · Page 29

In the modern world, we Americans are the old inhabitants. We first had political freedom, high industrial production, an economy of abundance.

— Paul Goodman

And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably,…

— Paul Robeson

Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous.

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Americans are all inquisitive, which accounts for their go-aheadativeness, I dare say.

— May Agnes Fleming

Technology really has turned out to be a wonderful thing. . . . So Americans really are tuning in in positive ways on the Internet.

— Anonymous

I feel like a lot of frustration from Americans comes from when they don't feel like they're being represented in politics.

— Madison Cawthorn

I think Americans, as a nation and culture, once something is recognized for a week or two, people kind of forget about.

— Jordan Burroughs

For perhaps most Americans, TV is an apppliance, not to be used selectively but to be turned on - there's always something…

— Pauline Kael

People say "the Americans" or "the United States," as if it was a kind of bloc. It's not. There's a lot of…

— Costa-Gavras

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs…

— Spike Lee

We're not Americans, we're Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa.…

— Malcolm X

Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who…

— Joe McGinniss

The Americans who went to Europe to die are a unique breed… (They) crossed the seas to a foreign land to fight…

— Woodrow Wilson

Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a…

— C. Wright Mills

I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much…

— Charlie Chaplin

We do have to treat people the way Americans always treat people, with the highest level of compassion and care. But they…

— Marco Rubio

Americans love our shoes and us Brits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the US.

— Lisa Snowdon

Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it

— Yogi Berra

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

— Maureen Dowd

Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.

— Bob Beauprez

Americans will quarrel over how, who, or what to rescue or save, but the idea that the nation ought to be off…

— Nicholas von Hoffman

“Americans consider the United States an exceptional nation; so do the Chinese people think of their Middle Kingdom.”

— Patrick Mendis

Americans understand we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith. Ours is a campaign against evil.

— George W. Bush

“Why are so many Americans for male circumcision but against female circumcision? Both are equally cruel and barbaric traditions.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades.

— Hermann Goring

So many Korean Americans like me came to this country with the hope of achieving their own American Dream.

— Michelle Steel

NASA stands for 'No Access to Space for Americans' - that's what it stands for to me and to most Americans.

— Robert Bigelow

For the most part, Americans speak of culture and politics as if they were two separate realms.

— Ellen Willis

You won't find average Americans on the left or on the right. You'll find them at Kmart.

— Zell Miller

I think that Americans, they love comfort more than Europeans. Americans created the T-shirt, the sweat pants, and they create the best…

— Carine Roitfeld

As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.

— Pat Buchanan

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want…

— Henry Rollins

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

— Stephen Fry

Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

We, as Palestinian-Americans... will not change who we are to make anyone comfortable.

— Linda Sarsour

That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things…

— Christopher Darden

I think, at the end of the day, we're Americans: that's what we are, and we believe in America.

— David Bryan

We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we are ruled…

— Michael Dorris

Americans may not always live up to the Bill of Rights, but Americans do not ban books.

— Bradley A. Smith

The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.

— William McKinley