American culture Quote by Adam McKay

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government…

— Henry David Thoreau

We could see that he was a charismatic guy who jumps over the moon and is very competitive, but nobody could have predicted what…

— Phil Knight

Because people were attracted to him because he was not elected to an office. He was not a politician. And like you said before,…

— Dalia Mogahed

Whether or not you liked George W. Bush, there was no doubt about what position he was going to take, and that's what endeared…

— Frank Luntz

His [Andy warhol] films were way ahead of the times...and I'm not suggesting this has all necessarily been a good thing for America, mind…

— Bob Colacello

I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.

— D. B. Sweeney

Ronald Reagan was this actor who was going to be president, and he was very charming. What he had was, he talked about America…

— Barry Levinson

No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature, knowing himself for a man, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't…

— Terry Zwigoff

My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future.

— Graydon Carter

I think 40 years ago, it would have been a little bit different because people had a tendency to think the actor was their…

— Mads Mikkelsen

Television has changed how we choose our leaders. It elected Ronald Reagan and a host of Kennedy-look-alike congressmen with blow-dried hair and gleaming teeth.…

— Ronald Steel