Am Quote by Tom Bodett

Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe…

— Cody Lundin

The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.

— Malcolm Gladwell

No matter how much you want to be self-sufficient and alone, there is a natural human impulse to need something more than that.

— Jonathan E. Steinberg

I feel very American, but my upbringing was quite the opposite.

— Xander Schauffele

Is the American tradition of self-reliance disappearing? That's a painful question for conservatives to ponder. After all, we're dedicated to reducing the role of…

— Edwin Feulner

“The middle-class standard of the independent self has increasingly become the default American standard for how to think, feel and act in the world…this…

— Susan T. Fiske

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Americans are all inquisitive, which accounts for their go-aheadativeness, I dare say.

— May Agnes Fleming

So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.

— Edgar Friedenberg

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are.

— Ed Gillespie

In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.

— Shirley MacLaine

I feel more voluntary about my pleasures and pains than the average American who has his needs dictated by Madison Avenue (my projections, of…

— Duane Elgin