Best American Life Quotes

111 American Life quotes by 94 unique authors

In the decade of the 1980s, a massive and comprehensive study of religion in American life was undertaken by the Gallup organization. The results of… — R C Sproul
Envy is the central fact of American life. — Gore Vidal
Vanity Fair has but two major articles in its editorial creed: first, to believe in the progress and promise of American life, and, second, to… — Frank Crowninshield
One of the manifestations of depression for me is that I lose my will. And I thereby lose my ability to focus. I don't think… — Rachel Maddow
English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life. — S I Hayakawa
Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer of American capitalism.… — Roger Lowenstein
When I left the theater… I was thinking that I’d seen a classic of American dance. It confers a mythic dimension on ordinary aspects of… — Arlene Croce
If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse. — George Carlin
The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is . . . that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of… — Mary McCarthy
Never before has the seductive market way of life held such sway in nearly every sphere of American life. This marketing way of life promotes… — Cornel West
We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property. — Theodore Roosevelt
That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do. — Howard Dean
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life. — Charles M. Vest
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of… — Herbert Croly
Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful, more… — Martha Stewart
The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life. — Adam Gopnik
In short, is American life of the future to be characterized by freedom or by servitude, strength or weakness? The answer must be clear and… — Douglas MacArthur
To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise… — Herbert Croly
. . . what happened, of course, was that I was writing a play set in the 1940's that was supposed to be somehow representative… — August Wilson
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles,… — Henry James
This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the… — Walter Russell Mead
My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life. — Frederick Wiseman
I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to say I think… — John McCain
In our methodical American life, we still recognize some magic in summer. Most persons at least resign themselves to being decently happy in June. They… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life. — John F. Kennedy

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