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America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.

Quote by John O'Hara about civilization, country, being

Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm.

Quote by Nick Park about opinion, charm, americans

America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.

Quote by Francis Parkman about revolution

Americans love to fight, all real Americans love the sting of battle.

Quote by George S. Patton about love, americans, fight, real estate

Americans play to win at all times, I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.

Quote by George S. Patton about time, americans, hell, war, man

Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

Quote by Andrew Jackson about nation, perfection, americans, people

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

Quote by John Updike about opinion, conspiracy, happiness, contentment

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

Quote by George W. Bush about americans, history, people

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about dream, americans, country, contentment

I came up with American Splendor, some people think it's American Squalor.

Quote by Harvey Pekar about nation, americans, people

An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about quality, present, americans, state, perfection, day, world

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about americans

One of our federal judges said, not long ago, that what the American people need is ten per cent of thought and ninety per cent of action.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about judges, action, americans, thinking, need, people

I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison, americans, contentment

Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs.

Quote by Joe Baca about americans, time

The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner.

Quote by Joe Baca about nation, americans, people

Randy mentioned that we were going to collaborate together, which we are, provided that there's time in between the next American Idol.

Quote by Paula Abdul about americans, time

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about americans, magic

I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about numbers, americans, people

And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.

Quote by John Abizaid about decline, security, americans, time, contentment