American Quote by George Pelecanos

The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.

— Wendell Pierce

“I used to walk out, at night, to the breakwater which divides the end of the harbor form the broad moor of the salt…

— Mark Doty

Being on 'American Idol,' the blessings of glasses have rained from the sky. I really would like to start a Danny line or a…

— Danny Gokey

I grew up in a big sky country. Then I lived in Manhattan, where you can only see the sky between buildings, and then…

— Linda Ronstadt

I'm an American, and always will be. I happen to love that big, awkward, sprawling country very much - and its big, awkward, sprawling…

— James Jones

The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big…

— Lincoln Steffens

Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which…

— Gil Gerard

One glance and I knew exactly who and what he was. The classic alpha male, the kind who had spurred evolution forward about five…

— Lisa Kleypas

I like everything with a heaping dose of feminitity, including my cell phone. I created this phone for the classic woman, who like me,…

— Kimora Lee Simmons

A classic is like a hidden treasure. Its core is buried under so many layers of varnish that it can be reached only by…

— Jean-Louis Barrault

To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the middle of…

— Bill Callahan