--- title: "24 People Americans Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 24 People Americans quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best People Americans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/george-gershwin-16455_america_my-people-are-americans-my-time-is-today_1900454.png" --- > [My people are Americans. My time is today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gershwin/my-people-are-americans-my-time-is-today/) [George Gershwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gershwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/george-gershwin-16455_america_my-people-are-americans-my-time-is-today_1900454.png) > [They were a strange and mercantile people, these Americans. One never knew what they might come up with next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-willig/they-were-a-strange-and-mercantile-people-these-americans-one-never/) [Lauren Willig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-willig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/lauren-willig-8632_come-up_they-were-a-strange-and-mercantile-peopl_1501930.jpg) > [Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-howard/don-t-you-think-that-as-a-people-americans-have-less-poetry-real/) [Robert E. Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-howard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/robert-e-howard-3742_americans_don-t-you-think-that-as-a-people-america_53297.jpg) > [I feel much more respected in Europe than I do in the States from the press and from the people. Americans expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-sampras/i-feel-much-more-respected-in-europe-than-i-do-in-the-states-from-the/) [Pete Sampras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-sampras/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/pete-sampras-7491_americans_i-feel-much-more-respected-in-europe-tha_2472126.jpg) > [“People – Americans, mostly – realise how attached they are to material comforts when they arrive in India.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-william-roberts/people-americans-mostly-realise-how-attached-they-are-to-material/) [Paul William Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-william-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/paul-william-roberts-75907_quote_people-americans-mostly-realise-how-atta_543.jpg) > [We Americans are a primitive people... Americans seem to have little respect for the law or the rights of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-lindbergh/we-americans-are-a-primitive-people-americans-seem-to-have-little/) [Charles Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/charles-lindbergh-2267_america_we-americans-are-a-primitive-people-amer_1047610.png) > [We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalia-mogahed/we-have-to-be-concerned-about-the-gun-killing-that-people-who-are/) [Dalia Mogahed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalia-mogahed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/dalia-mogahed-13851_amendment_we-have-to-be-concerned-about-the-gun-ki_344114.png) > [True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gershwin/true-music-must-repeat-the-thought-and-inspirations-of-the-people-and/) [George Gershwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gershwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/george-gershwin-16455_inspiration_true-music-must-repeat-the-thought-and-i_4678.png) > [In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-kronenberger/in-general-american-social-life-constitutes-an-evasion-of-talking-to/) [Louis Kronenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-kronenberger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/louis-kronenberger-9628_company_in-general-american-social-life-constitu_1205062.jpg) > [ The American public has difficulty believing ... \[that\] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-marmon-silko/the-american-public-has-difficulty-believing-that-injustice-continues/) [Leslie Marmon Silko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-marmon-silko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/leslie-marmon-silko-14967_assuming_the-american-public-has-difficulty-belie_2314678.png) > [It's a philosophy that - 'We, the People' - it's about us, that if the Americans want to do something, they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santelli/it-s-a-philosophy-that-we-the-people-it-s-about-us-that-if-the/) [Rick Santelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/rick-santelli-7538_americans_it-s-a-philosophy-that-we-the-people-it_1435111.jpg) > [The Democrats are besides themselves because they don't understand Trump. They don't understand: you don't get between the American people - because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-zinke/the-democrats-are-besides-themselves-because-they-don-t-understand/) [Ryan Zinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-zinke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/ryan-zinke-5621_american_the-democrats-are-besides-themselves-bec_2029437.png) > [I beg young people to travel. If you don't have a passport, get one….the re are lessons that you can't get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-beg-young-people-to-travel-if-you-don-t-have-a-passport-get-one-the/) [Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/henry-rollins-170_book_i-beg-young-people-to-travel-if-you-don_290412.png) > [We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/we-have-room-but-for-one-language-here-and-that-is-the-english/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7d/theodore-roosevelt-218_allegiance_we-have-room-but-for-one-language-here-a_1708213.jpg) > [Let me tell you who we conservatives are: we love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/let-me-tell-you-who-we-conservatives-are-we-love-people-when-we-look/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/rush-limbaugh-28_america_let-me-tell-you-who-we-conservatives-are_1035603.jpg) > [I think there's a pride of what a real American can be. I mean, I'm a transplant, but I've got American kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-wakeling/i-think-there-s-a-pride-of-what-a-real-american-can-be-i-mean-i-m-a/) [Dave Wakeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-wakeling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/dave-wakeling-47610_england_i-think-there-s-a-pride-of-what-a-real-a_415801.jpg) > [As a revolutionary people, we Americans won a probable victory over the best and biggest army in the world because we learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-a-revolutionary-people-we-americans-won-a-probable-victory-over/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/anonymous-1_army_as-a-revolutionary-people-we-americans-w_1268637.jpg) > [People, and not only Americans, are losing their sons, husbands, brothers, and fathers for no other reason than the profits of US…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/people-and-not-only-americans-are-losing-their-sons-husbands-brothers/) [Paul Craig Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-craig-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/paul-craig-roberts-3108_american-people_people-and-not-only-americans-are-losing_2622385.jpg) > [ We \[the USA\] do have a big nation's problem. We have the problem of a nation that's got two oceans, oceans on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/we-the-usa-do-have-a-big-nation-s-problem-we-have-the-problem-of-a/) [Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/donald-rumsfeld-1507_america_we-the-usa-do-have-a-big-nation-s-proble_1066091.jpg) > [I've said that we're going to produce real results for the American people because so many Americans feel left out and left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-ve-said-that-we-re-going-to-produce-real-results-for-the-american/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/hillary-clinton-51_affordability_i-ve-said-that-we-re-going-to-produce-re_3039089.jpg) > [I've been to Canada, and they love - oh my God, they love their stand-up comedy in Canada. I've been overseas to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-williams/i-ve-been-to-canada-and-they-love-oh-my-god-they-love-their-stand-up/) [Brad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/brad-williams-11029_canada_i-ve-been-to-canada-and-they-love-oh-my_2466893.jpg) > [But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American and nothing but an American. If he tries to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/but-this-is-predicated-upon-the-man-s-becoming-in-very-fact-an/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/theodore-roosevelt-218_allegiance_but-this-is-predicated-upon-the-man-s-be_137124.jpg) > [“In California, after weeks of meeting transported Americans from practically every state in the Union, I announced to Kareem that I liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-sasson/in-california-after-weeks-of-meeting-transported-americans-from/) [Jean Sasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-sasson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/jean-sasson-30271_america_in-california-after-weeks-of-meeting-tra_1631243.png) > [I'm good at winding up British people, but Americans are slightly different. A lot of them are more stoical. They're harder to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayvan-novak/i-m-good-at-winding-up-british-people-but-americans-are-slightly/) [Kayvan Novak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayvan-novak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/kayvan-novak-10912_americans_i-m-good-at-winding-up-british-people-bu_3027846.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-americans/#itemlist", "name": "People Americans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My people are Americans. 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