Search in quotes: america, page 3

Between 9 and 10 AM the American radio is concerned almost exclusively with love. It seems a little like ending breakfast with a stiff bourbon.

Quote by Dean Acheson about love, americans

However, our society thinks that success means having a car and a lot of money and looking as white as you can or as American as you can. Or if you're white, looking as exotic as you can. We don't have any idea that it's about our hearts and our...

Quote by Erykah Badu about contentment, society, americans, success, idea, money, people

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

Quote by Erykah Badu about chance, rest, common sense, sense, world, contentment

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about americans

The lobbies of the new hotels and the Pan American Building exhale a chill as from the unopened Pharaonic tombs... And in their marble labyrinths there is an evil presence that hates warmth and sunlight.

Quote by Russell Baker about americans

I'm prejudiced but I think no one can do this as well as Curtis Hanson can. I think he has his finger on the pulse of America and on people - not just America, on the world - and what people want to see or need or whatever. He went into those...

Quote by Kim Basinger about people, need, world

In American cinema, people will take a chance on you, though they'll often remind you that really, they always liked you.

Quote by Kim Basinger about chance, americans, contentment, people

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to...

Quote by George W. Bush about vulnerability, fear, suffering, earth

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

Quote by George W. Bush about americans, use

There can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator. I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.

Quote by George W. Bush about dictatorship, security, americans, peace, life

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about americans

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

Quote by Michael Caine about quiet, americans

The Quiet American is anti the people who took them into the Vietnam War.

Quote by Michael Caine about quiet, americans, war, people

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about school, americans

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

Quote by Joe Cocker about rest, americans, life, contentment

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.

Quote by Jackie Collins about talking, celebrity, americans

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

Quote by Jackie Collins about dream, americans, mind, real estate, things, contentment

We don't have the bridge between America and Scotland that Ireland has with America, and that's a real drawback.

Quote by Sean Connery about real estate

But to any thinking American who understands the basis of free government, the cultural developments in Europe are alarming to say the least.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about thinking, americans

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

Quote by Dennis Farina about americans, rightness, contentment