Americans Quotes · Page 33

The way Americans understand and treat other peoples almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble.

— Nguyen Cao Ky

If the rest of the world likes Americans only when we're dying, the rest of the world can go to hell.

— James Taranto

I think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a people more infantile in my life.

— James A. Baldwin

I love how Americans are like, 'I'm just going to get up and move!' That's not how the world works. You don't…

— Bob the Drag Queen

Americans spend a lot more money on their cars, especially the older gentlemen who see it as their pride and joy.

— Edd China

Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to…

— Craig Ferguson

I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular. When I talk with Americans, I often wonder why they are so simpleminded.

— Ichiro Ozawa

We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is…

— Deepak Chopra

You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are…

— Harold Macmillan

I think the media is very much like the inside-the-Beltway crowd. They're not average Americans themselves. They're under a lot of pressure…

— Howard Dean

What are Americans? We've got everything from sharecroppers to atomic physicist here, and there's certainly no uniformity in their thought processes. There's…

— William S. Burroughs

Americans are not intrinsically imperial, but we ended up dominant by default: Europe disappeared after the Second World War, the Soviet Union…

— Charles Krauthammer

Americans easily forget that the air they breathe is the same as those in Europe or Africa or Asia; it's the same…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I think Americans are weirdly puritanistic about psychopharmaceuticals. There are millions of people out there who would otherwise be dead or rocking…

— Douglas Coupland

One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it; it’s against…

— Diana Vreeland

I feel pretty safe in saying that most Americans can't tell you off the top of their head who the Kurds are…

— Sharyl Attkisson

“Americans still say integration is important, but very few do anything to bring it about.”

— Jared Taylor

All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and…

— Jan C. Ting

America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.

— Barack Obama

“The thing about Americans,” she said, “is that you’re very concerned about everything all the time.” Mom”

— Will Schwalbe

I think that most Americans don't resent people for getting rich. They want to get rich themselves.

— Barack Obama

It's important for African-Americans to express themselves, period. We're 400 years behind. We should be able to shine whenever and however we feel.

— Jalen Rose

It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that…

— Adam Schiff

When there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They don't vote for war. So Americans want to promote those principles…

— Mitt Romney

Americans haven't had the best success in the clay-court season or at Roland Garros, but it'd be really cool to change that…

— Ben Shelton

We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.

— Esai Morales

Most Americans don't even understand what I'm saying in my records, but they pick up on the vibe, the vibration.

— Burna Boy

“You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.”

— Alan Brown

Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest.

— Chinua Achebe

Since the Americans have ceased to have dyspepsia, they have lost the only thing that gave them any expression.

— Edith Wharton

Americans are being attacked nationwide because of their party affiliation and political ideology.

— Vernon Jones

Funny thing about Americans. They are the first to adopt weird lifestyles and radical views but they are the most conservative race…

— Ralph Steadman

“If Americans simply choose to vote for the person who has a D or an R by their name, we will get…

— Ben Carson

The hard-working Americans, the people who made this country so great, they've been left in the dust.

— Donald Trump, Jr

I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but…

— Lou Reed

In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better.

— Brandon Flowers

Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.

— Mitt Romney

Sorry, Americans only buy things that come from suffering. They just enjoy it more when they know someones getting hurt.

— Louis CK

Don't believe anyone who says, "I alone can fix it." Americans don't say, "I alone can fix it." We say, "We'll fix…

— Hillary Clinton

Americans have always excelled through hard work, innovation, and an ability to find solutions that makes us unique among nations.

— Dan Quayle