--- title: "20 Things America Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 20 Things America quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Things America sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/kiera-cass-496_america_a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america-174337_1743379.jpg" --- > [A lot of things are yours, America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america/) [Kiera Cass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiera-cass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/kiera-cass-496_america_a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america-174337_1743379.jpg) > [We need someone to turn things around in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-walker/we-need-someone-to-turn-things-around-in-america/) [Scott Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/scott-walker-8778_america_we-need-someone-to-turn-things-around-in_2264281.png) > [We don't do sensible things. This is America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/we-don-t-do-sensible-things-this-is-america/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/bill-maher-211_america_we-don-t-do-sensible-things-this-is-amer_1770000.png) > [One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-a-mcchrystal/one-of-the-great-things-about-america-is-we-should-not-judge-until-we/) [Stanley A. McChrystal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-a-mcchrystal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/stanley-a-mcchrystal-5088_about_one-of-the-great-things-about-america-is_1471350.png) > [“Don’t tug your ear with anyone else. That’s mine.” I gave him a tight smile. “A lot of things are yours, America.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/don-t-tug-your-ear-with-anyone-else-that-s-mine-i-gave-him-a-tight/) [Kiera Cass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiera-cass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/kiera-cass-496_lot-things_don-t-tug-your-ear-with-anyone-else-that_36465.jpg) > [The things that have made America great are being subverted for the things that make Americans rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erickson/the-things-that-have-made-america-great-are-being-subverted-for-the/) [Louise Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erickson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/louise-erickson-63260_america_the-things-that-have-made-america-great_981733.png) > [One of the beautiful and terrible things about America is you can go there and still be whatever you want, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-frey/one-of-the-beautiful-and-terrible-things-about-america-is-you-can-go/) [James Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-frey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a93/james-frey-1108_america_one-of-the-beautiful-and-terrible-things_2385645.png) > [I'm getting optimistic. I think, as I talk to people around the country - they seem to get it. They want a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-demint/i-m-getting-optimistic-i-think-as-i-talk-to-people-around-the-country/) [Jim DeMint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-demint/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/jim-demint-5813_america_i-m-getting-optimistic-i-think-as-i-talk_1829296.png) > [Brooklyn has a bit of everything - some of the most beautiful things in America, and some of the most wretched, ugly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/brooklyn-has-a-bit-of-everything-some-of-the-most-beautiful-things-in/) [Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/paul-auster-351_america_brooklyn-has-a-bit-of-everything-some-of_591710.jpg) > [“..there was always a chance, that as bad as things were, America was a big juggling act and that we could all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-doctrow/there-was-always-a-chance-that-as-bad-as-things-were-america-was-a/) [E. L. Doctrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-doctrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a01/e-l-doctrow-62098_billy-bathgate_there-was-always-a-chance-that-as-bad-as_2219626.jpg) > [“I am reminded once again that the best things about America are the little things, the little freedoms that Americans don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-fitzgerald/i-am-reminded-once-again-that-the-best-things-about-america-are-the/) [Laura Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/laura-fitzgerald-38488_freedom_i-am-reminded-once-again-that-the-best-t_1042479.jpg) > [The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pipher/the-two-most-radical-things-you-can-do-in-america-are-to-slow-down/) [Mary Pipher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pipher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/mary-pipher-10060_america_the-two-most-radical-things-you-can-do-i_1668686.png) > [I was born in America. I don't agree with 99.9 percent of the things America does around the world or at home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vic-mensa/i-was-born-in-america-i-don-t-agree-with-99-9-percent-of-the-things/) [Vic Mensa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vic-mensa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/vic-mensa-6550_america_i-was-born-in-america-i-don-t-agree-with_3037258.jpg) > [“I am not one thing. I am many things that America has been in my time. I had enough sense to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-am-not-one-thing-i-am-many-things-that-america-has-been-in-my-time/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ba/ray-bradbury-75_america_i-am-not-one-thing-i-am-many-things-that_44186.jpg) > [One of the most irritating things about America is this bravado we have - like, "You guys, we're amazing! We're the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/one-of-the-most-irritating-things-about-america-is-this-bravado-we/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/lindy-west-7781_america_one-of-the-most-irritating-things-about_2834686.png) > [If we have learned anything in the past ten years, it is that these lovely things about America were never lovely. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/if-we-have-learned-anything-in-the-past-ten-years-it-is-that-these/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/howard-zinn-576_aggressive_if-we-have-learned-anything-in-the-past_532118.jpg) > [“Funny, there had been a time when building things was what America did. From massive dams to towering skyscrapers, from mechanized factories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-sakey/funny-there-had-been-a-time-when-building-things-was-what-america-did/) [Marcus Sakey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-sakey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/marcus-sakey-5370_ball-player_funny-there-had-been-a-time-when-buildin_1790337.jpg) > [“It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/it-s-the-movies-that-have-really-been-running-things-in-america-ever-2/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/andy-warhol-746_artist_it-s-the-movies-that-have-really-been-ru_2230328.jpg) > [“There are only three things that America will be remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-early/there-are-only-three-things-that-america-will-be-remembered-for-2000/) [Gerald Early](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-early/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/gerald-early-60495_civilization_there-are-only-three-things-that-america_2875075.jpg) > [It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/it-s-the-movies-that-have-really-been-running-things-in-america-ever/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/andy-warhol-746_america_it-s-the-movies-that-have-really-been-ru_456878.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-america/#itemlist", "name": "Things America Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of things are yours, America", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kiera Cass" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiera-cass/a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/kiera-cass-496_america_a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america-174337_1743379.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/kiera-cass-496_america_a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america-174337_1743379.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/kiera-cass-496_america_a-lot-of-things-are-yours-america-174337_1743379.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of things are yours, America” — Kiera Cass", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need someone to turn things around in America.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Scott Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-walker/we-need-someone-to-turn-things-around-in-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/scott-walker-8778_america_we-need-someone-to-turn-things-around-in_2264281.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/scott-walker-8778_america_we-need-someone-to-turn-things-around-in_2264281.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/scott-walker-8778_america_we-need-someone-to-turn-things-around-in_2264281.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need someone to turn things around in America.” — Scott Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't do sensible things. 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