--- title: "16 Know Americans Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Know Americans quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Know Americans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/francis-x-suarez-5945_claim_while-i-don-t-claim-to-be-an-expert-i-kn_404174.jpg" --- > [While I don't claim to be an expert, I know this: Americans want a government that serves them, not any elite or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-x-suarez/while-i-don-t-claim-to-be-an-expert-i-know-this-americans-want-a/) [Francis X. Suarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-x-suarez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/francis-x-suarez-5945_claim_while-i-don-t-claim-to-be-an-expert-i-kn_404174.jpg) > [I know Americans talk a great deal about the price of things - more, I consider, than is entertaining, sometimes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-jeannette-duncan/i-know-americans-talk-a-great-deal-about-the-price-of-things-more-i/) [Sara Jeannette Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-jeannette-duncan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/sara-jeannette-duncan-41268_americans_i-know-americans-talk-a-great-deal-about_2257077.jpg) > [I didn't know that Americans don't like to watch movies with subtitles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hoyeon-jung/i-didn-t-know-that-americans-don-t-like-to-watch-movies-with-subtitles/) [HoYeon Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hoyeon-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/hoyeon-jung-9581_know_i-didn-t-know-that-americans-don-t-like_1695569.jpg) > [“You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-brown/you-know-americans-self-improvement-no-matter-who-or-what-we-are-we/) [Alan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/alan-brown-217025_americans_you-know-americans-self-improvement-no-m_2861312.jpg) > [I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigitte-bardot/i-know-very-few-americans-though-i-like-the-way-they-think-they-think/) [Brigitte Bardot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigitte-bardot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/brigitte-bardot-2621_think-big_i-know-very-few-americans-though-i-like_1696891.jpg) > [We all know that Americans love their statistics - in sport, obviously. And in finance too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-davis/we-all-know-that-americans-love-their-statistics-in-sport-obviously/) [Evan Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/evan-davis-10785_finance_we-all-know-that-americans-love-their-st_2510546.png) > [Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/above-all-we-know-that-although-americans-can-be-led-to-make-great/) [Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/herbert-hoover-1115_america_above-all-we-know-that-although-american_445358.jpg) > [You can't be Canadian without being aware of at least one other country, the United States, 'cause it's so important to us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-trudeau/you-can-t-be-canadian-without-being-aware-of-at-least-one-other/) [Justin Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-trudeau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/justin-trudeau-1727_attention_you-can-t-be-canadian-without-being-awar_1340355.jpg) > [What this nation most wants, most yearns for, most needs is someone where people know, all Americans know, that even when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-sestak/what-this-nation-most-wants-most-yearns-for-most-needs-is-someone/) [Joe Sestak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-sestak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/joe-sestak-5964_always_what-this-nation-most-wants-most-yearns_1807995.jpg) > [I know that sometimes we, as Americans, we reach outside of our means, and every once in a while we like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-shadows/i-know-that-sometimes-we-as-americans-we-reach-outside-of-our-means/) [M. Shadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-shadows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/m-shadows-4553_americans_i-know-that-sometimes-we-as-americans-we_567340.jpg) > [We need a national service that throws us all together, the urban with the rural, the Fox News types with the MSNBC…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cohen/we-need-a-national-service-that-throws-us-all-together-the-urban-with/) [Richard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cohen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/richard-cohen-5202_fox_we-need-a-national-service-that-throws-u_895906.jpg) > [I do a lot of reading of news so I can be smarter, and I do a lot of watching TV news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizz-winstead/i-do-a-lot-of-reading-of-news-so-i-can-be-smarter-and-i-do-a-lot-of/) [Lizz Winstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizz-winstead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/lizz-winstead-11138_american_i-do-a-lot-of-reading-of-news-so-i-can-b_2296963.jpg) > [I don't really know what Americans are like. I've no idea. I know a few things about them. In my imagination, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-horsley/i-don-t-really-know-what-americans-are-like-i-ve-no-idea-i-know-a-few/) [Sebastian Horsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-horsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/sebastian-horsley-10949_america_i-don-t-really-know-what-americans-are-l_1373429.jpg) > [You know, Americans think that they're such progessive and free thinkers, but we're as uptight as any other country when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-norton/you-know-americans-think-that-they-re-such-progessive-and-free/) [Jim Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-norton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/jim-norton-2848_america_you-know-americans-think-that-they-re-su_2528443.png) > [Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/every-american-should-be-forced-to-live-outside-the-united-states-for/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/john-irving-337_america_every-american-should-be-forced-to-live_378539.png) > [It's really important, obviously, for people to realize that it is a very small percentage, only 1 percent of our total economy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bush/it-s-really-important-obviously-for-people-to-realize-that-it-is-a/) [Laura Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/laura-bush-4252_aids_it-s-really-important-obviously-for-peop_647235.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-americans/#itemlist", "name": "Know Americans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "While I don't claim to be an expert, I know this: Americans want a government that serves them, not any elite or clique.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francis X. 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