Best American Proverbs
9727 American quotes by 4561 unique authors
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I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country.
— Nicolas Cage
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I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English…
— Nicolas Cage
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I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label…
— Herman Cain
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Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.
— Herman Cain
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The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of…
— Herman Cain
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I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.
— Michael Caine
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When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over…
— Tony Campolo
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I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.
— Michael Caine
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I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the…
— Michael Caine
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My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The…
— Michael Caine
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The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain…
— Michael Caine
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'American Idol' has taken over my whole life.
— Paula Abdul
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Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to…
— Ben Nighthorse Campbell
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Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.
— Tony Campolo
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I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand…
— Tony Campolo
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President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this…
— Tony Campolo
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Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.
— Nick Cannon
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Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion,…
— Eric Cantor
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We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the…
— Eric Cantor
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Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.
— Donald L. Carcieri
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Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very,…
— Sherman Alexie
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No one in the American Enterprise imposes their beliefs. We clash, and I think that's what the West is all about.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it.
— John le Carre
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I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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