American Culture Quotes

96 American Culture quotes by 92 unique authors

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture. — Saul Bellow
Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons? — Anthony Bourdain
Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our American culture has made it out that that's… — Tom Brady
I think being Canadian helps you as a journalist in America, because you're sort of on the outside watching this big party going on, and… — Graydon Carter
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were songs about the… — George Clooney
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich American life by exposing it… — J. William Fulbright
The genius of American culture and its integrity comes from fidelity to the light. Plain as day, we say. Happy as the day is long.… — Richard Rodriguez
Avoiding the appearance of queenly behavior is politically wise. But it does American culture no favors if a first lady tries so hard to be… — Robin Givhan
As soon as I realized that I didn't need meat to survive or to be in good health, I began to see how forlorn it… — Cloris Leachman
On a national level there is a tendency to portray Latino culture as a monolithic entity, which is a really inaccurate way of seeing ourselves.… — Benjamin Bratt
A 'death mirror' held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A 'high' view of the myth of… — Kenneth Anger
A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand… — Michelangelo Signorile
The function of high school, then, is not so much to communicate knowledge as to oblige children finally to accept the grading system as a… — Jules Henry
The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American… — Lance Morrow
American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. Mark Twain had a great moustache, Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin ... but Zappa, he's… — Matt Groening
By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you'd be… — Richard Russo
It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a hack. But even… — Steven Pressfield
I was deeply moved by Richard Blanco's reading of his inaugural poem-a timely and elegant tribute to the great diversity of American experience. And now… — Natasha Trethewey
Christians must go beyond criticizing the degradation of American culture, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on positive solutions. The only way to… — Nancy Pearcey
The ideology of hardness and cruelty runs through American culture like an electric current... — Henry Giroux
The hardest part of being a Christian is surrendering and that is where the real struggle happens. Once we have overcome our own desire to… — Rich Mullins
In every aspect of the religious life, American faith has met American culture--and American culture has triumphed. — Alan Wolfe
It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen. — Yahoo Serious
Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great. — David Platt

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