--- title: "8 Americans Born Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Americans Born quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Americans Born sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/david-kreger-7266_america-and-american_my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come_84176.jpg" --- > [My grandparents on my fathers side come to America from Germany, so that made them, German-American. My grandparents on my mothers side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kreger/my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come-to-america-from-germany-so/) [David Kreger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kreger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/david-kreger-7266_america-and-american_my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come_84176.jpg) > [the greatest Americans have not been born yet they are waiting patiently for the past to die](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-williams/the-greatest-americans-have-not-been-born-yet-they-are-waiting/) [Saul Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/saul-williams-3868_america_the-greatest-americans-have-not-been-bor_522319.png) > [Indians are born with an instinct for riding, rowing, hunting, fishing, and swimming. Americans are born with an instinct for fooling around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/indians-are-born-with-an-instinct-for-riding-rowing-hunting-fishing/) [William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/william-saroyan-1743_born_indians-are-born-with-an-instinct-for-ri_1035944.jpg) > [All Americans born between 1890 and 1945 wanted to be movie stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/all-americans-born-between-1890-and-1945-wanted-to-be-movie-stars/) [Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/gore-vidal-466_born_all-americans-born-between-1890-and-1945_1417989.jpg) > [Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/most-americans-are-born-drunk-and-really-require-a-little-wine-or/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_beer_most-americans-are-born-drunk-and-really_1707044.png) > [Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/let-the-word-go-forth-from-this-time-and-place-to-friend-and-foe-2/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/john-f-kennedy-246_bitter_let-the-word-go-forth-from-this-time-and_1771218.jpg) > [There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-butler/there-s-so-many-chinese-or-asian-americans-that-were-either-born-in/) [Ross Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/ross-butler-14424_america_there-s-so-many-chinese-or-asian-america_2166196.jpg) > [Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/most-americans-are-born-drunk-and-really-require-a-little-wine-or-2/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_alcohol_most-americans-are-born-drunk-and-really_2924322.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americans-born/#itemlist", "name": "Americans Born Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My grandparents on my fathers side come to America from Germany, so that made them, German-American. My grandparents on my mothers side came to America from Ireland, so that make them, Irish-American. My mother and father were born in America, so that made them Americans! I was born in America, that makes me an American, and I am very proud to be called an American and I might say, without any hyphens! 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