Americans Quotes · Page 10

Americans have no past, so they buy the pasts of others.

— Jean-Luc Godard

The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans.

— Leslie Fiedler

Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.

— John T. Flynn

In general, Americans like to be entertained. Canadians seem more suspicious of it.

— Eden Robinson

I am proof that, as Americans, we can embrace our differences.

— Ilhan Omar

We must work together as Americans in a bipartisan fashion.

— Jeff Van Drew

Americans are really in love with their summertime.

— Elin Hilderbrand

“We are Americans and we go, where eagles dare.”

— Van Krishna

“Americans... are the most idealistic people in the whole world. Their only danger is that the idealist can easily become the idolator.”

— G.K. Chesterton

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

— Paul Goodman

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

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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

— Paul Robeson

“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

There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union…

— Russ Feingold

There is a certain tendency on the part of some Americans to treat the UN as a multilateralism à la carte where…

— Kofi Annan

The majority of Afghans do not see the Americans as foreign occupiers who must be defeated. Instead, they are hungry for the…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Americans, like many citizens of rich countries, take for granted the legal and regulatory system, the public schools, health care and social…

— Angus Deaton

There are people who wish to do us harm in the most heinous way. They want to kill Americans simply because they…

— Judd Gregg

It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People…

— Kevin Mitnick

I am convinced most Americans - yes even white Americans - are committed to justice and equality for all people. I am…

— Erwin McManus

“Americans prided themselves on their original stock. They promoted unity of the spirit by insisting that their center of gravity lay in…

— Mark W. Harris

“In response to my question about how we might rein in the empire, he said, "That's why I'm meeting with you. Only…

— John Perkins

Look, we're Americans: optimistic, addicted to the quick fix, constantly on the hunt for the new and exotic. It's much easier for…

— Dennis Miller

“For those boys, ragged and starved though they were, would still do anything for a laugh or a joke, even if they…

— Gregory Boyington

“As I write this, we are in an especially divisive era in American politics. There are questions about who holds power, who…

— Libba Bray

“I’m beginning to feel more embarrassed about the conversation than about anything we’ve just done. Horny? They really use that word? Jesus.…

— Nick Hornby

“I was having dinner…in London…when eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about “Your country’s never been invaded.”…

— P.J. O'Rourke

Americans, too many of them, take themselves too seriously. You're going to get rapped - by the viewers, by the sponsors and…

— Johnny Carson

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond…

— Barack Obama

In Maryland, we consider ourselves pro-growth Americans.

— Martin O'Malley

We have been challenged by COVID-19, but Americans are never victims.

— Brian Mast

Americans are shy about the body. I have to remember that when I go there.

— Ana Beatriz Barros

The United Nations ... [is] a place for prostitution under the feet of Americans.

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

— Andrew Jackson

My complaint is that Americans drive me crazy, and the politics drive me crazy.

— William Klein

I do a lot of explaining of where I'm from to Americans.

— Colter Wall

The Americans are very effective and action-driven.

— Delphine Arnault