Best Great American Quotes

87 Great American quotes by 83 unique authors

This great American institution [Boy Scouts of America] has come under attack from homosexual activists-who may well set their sights on your church next. — Jay Sekulow
Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment. — Mary McLeod Bethune
The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans… — Lin Yutang
More great Americans were failures than they were successes. They mostly spent their lives in not having a buyer for what they had for sale. — Gertrude Stein
Atticus Lish is a true original and this is a tremendous book, relentless, moving, written in prose of marvelous integrity. Now that America and the… — Sam Lipsyte
I want to send a very clear message to the men and women who are wearing - or who have worn - our country's uniform… — Michelle Obama
Regarding the current Broadway revival of The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: There will always be those who sniff that the show is "feel good"-but,… — Meredith Willson
I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important… — Christopher Nolan
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look,… — Bruce Babbitt
If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person. — Curt Flood
In 2009, South Carolina was blessed to welcome a great American company that chose to stay in our country to continue to do business. That… — Nikki Haley
When you heard Jimi Hendrix, you knew it was Jimi Hendrix. He introduced himself with his instrument. His attack to a guitar man, was, oh,… — B B King
In general, of course, a stranger who tries to get you into an automobile is anything but noble, and in general a person who quotes… — Daniel Handler
Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I… — John Green
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties. — Barry Manilow
It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle… — Elihu Root
Chicago is the great American city, New York is one of the capitals of the world, and Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic; San… — Norman Mailer
I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. — Laura Benanti
Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives. — Jeffrey Deitch
You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page by… — Theodore Sturgeon
Great American union rules with a fist, a smile, and a gun. Great American napalm lights up the sky like the sun. — Ray Davies
I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers… — Charlie Haden
In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction. — Benjamin Jealous
I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it. — Tony D'Souza
The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sense I say so too. My country; and my… — Carl Schurz

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