Great American Quotes

87 quotes by 83 authors

I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of… — Douglas MacArthur
Losing is the great American sin. — Unknown Author
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores… — Michelle Obama
Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that… — Jimmy Carter
I once donated a pint of my finest red corpuscles to the great American Red Cross and the doctor opined my blood was very helpful;… — W.C. Fields
Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that great American spirit… — Barack Obama
Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting… — Alexander Hamilton
Community colleges are the great American invention in terms of education, — Eduardo J. Padron
President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed. — Amy Poehler
The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves. — Ty Cobb
Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans' Place Congo- the Calinda the Bamboula the Chacta the Babouille the Conjaille the Juba… — Ishmael Reed
Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it. — Dan Quayle
We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed… — Wesley Clark
Ivan and Misha is the great American Russian Novel told as Chekhov would tell it, in stories of delicacy, humanity, and insight. From Kiev to… — Unknown Author
There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the… — Abraham Lincoln
The trap into which all writers have, will, or should fall into, of writing The Great American Watchamacallit, is such an uncluttered and inviting one… — Harlan Ellison
As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music. — Edgar Winter
When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that… — Hideki Tojo
Mike Stanton is our preeminent aficionado and raconteur of Rhode Islandâ€™s flamboyantly criminal political follies, and The Prince of Providence is the chronicle of a… — Philip Gourevitch
Itâ€™s Fitzgeraldâ€™s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us that, even though… — Maureen Corrigan

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